Battle of Fort Ridgely - Aftermath

Aftermath

The Native Americans moved on from Fort Ridgely and small groups of them continued to attack various white settlements until September 23, 1862, where a large group were captured at Wood Lake. About 400 were captured, 393 were tried, and 303 sentenced to death. An estimated 500 white people, militia and civilian, were killed in the uprising. President Abraham Lincoln reduced the executions to thirty-eight men. One man was pardoned December 25, 1862 as it came out that he was ten miles away from the deed for which he was convicted. Thirty-eight Dakota men were hanged December 26, 1862, in Mankato, Minnesota, the largest mass-execution in U.S. history.

For rosters of soldiers see: Company B, Fifth Minnesota Infantry, Recollections of the Sioux Massacre, 1909, pages 82–83 Company C, Fifth Minnesota Infantry, Recollections of the Sioux Massacre, 1909, pages 83–84 Renville Rangers, Recollections of the Sioux Massacre, 1909, pages 84–85 Post Locals, page 85 Citizens, 120-121