The Attack on Fort Ridgely
Fort Ridgely was a frontier post in northern Minnesota and upon the edge of the country infested by hostile Sioux lead by Little Crow. At the time when the whites had little reason to suspec... Read allFort Ridgely was a frontier post in northern Minnesota and upon the edge of the country infested by hostile Sioux lead by Little Crow. At the time when the whites had little reason to suspect an outbreak. Little Crow formed a big war party and before troops could be organized and... Read allFort Ridgely was a frontier post in northern Minnesota and upon the edge of the country infested by hostile Sioux lead by Little Crow. At the time when the whites had little reason to suspect an outbreak. Little Crow formed a big war party and before troops could be organized and dispatched to the front had massacred hundreds of men, women and children. Fort Ridgely i... Read all