Battle of Big Mound

Battle of Big Mound
Part of Sioux Wars, American Civil War
Big Mound battlefield
Date July 24, 1863 Location Dakota Territory Present-day Kidder County, North Dakota Result U.S. victory
Belligerents
United States of America	Santee Sioux Yankton, Yanktonai and Teton Sioux
Commanders and leaders
Henry Hastings Sibley	Inkpaduta Standing Buffalo
Strength
2,056 soldiers 60 mixed-blood and Sioux scouts	1,000-1,500
Casualties and losses
3 killed, 4 wounded	Uncertain, 9 or more killed[1]

The Battle of Big Mound was a United States Army victory in July 1863 over the Santee Sioux Indians allied with some Yankton, Yanktonai and Teton Sioux in Dakota Territory.