Battles of New Ulm

Battles of New Ulm
Part of the Dakota War of 1862
The Siege of New Ulm, Minnesota on August 19, 1862
Date August 19, 1862 and August 23, 1862 Location New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota 44°18′48″N 94°27′41″W / 44.31333°N 94.46139°W / 44.31333; -94.46139 Result Santee Sioux defeat (attacks repulsed; city temporarily evacuated following day)
Belligerents
United States	Santee Sioux
Commanders and leaders
Jacob Nix (first battle) Charles Roos (first battle) Charles Eugene Flandrau (second battle)	Joseph Godfrey (first battle) Little Crow Mankato Big Eagle
Strength
20–55 (first battle) 300 (second battle) (not including some 2,000 unarmed elderly, women, and children)	100 (first battle), 650 (second battle)
Casualties and losses
5 killed and 6 wounded (first battle) 34 (second battle) (Flandrau reported casualties as 10 killed and 50 wounded)	Unknown

The Battles of New Ulm, also known as the New Ulm Massacre, were two battles in August 1862 between Dakota men and European settlers and militia in New Ulm, Minnesota early in the Dakota War of 1862. Dakota forces attacked New Ulm on August 19 and again on August 23, destroying much of the town but failing to fully capture it. After the second attack, New Ulm was evacuated.