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ERECTED BY THE STATE OF MINNESOTA 1873

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ON THE PRAIRIE HALF A MILE EAST OF THIS POINT, A PARTY OF ABOUT 160 TROOPS WAS ATTACHED BY SIOUX AT DAWN, SEPT. 2, 1862, DURING THE BATTLE, THE FORCE WAS SURROUNDED FOR THIRTY HOURS, LOSING OVER A THIRD OF ITS NUMBER IN KILLED AND WOUNDED.

ERECTED BY THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE HEROISM OF THOSE GALLANT SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS WHO FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF BIRCH COULEE AND TO PERPETUATE THEIR NAMES.

TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN AN ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN MINNESOTA VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS AND THE SIOUX INDIANS SEPT. 23, 1862

GENERAL LEWIS GRANT WAS THE COLONEL OF THE 5TH VERMONT INFANTRY REGIMENT. LATER HE WAS PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL AND LED THE "OLD VERMONT BRIGADE" IN MANY OF THE MAJOR BATTLES OF THE EAST. HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR "PERSONAL GALLANTRY AND ...

PRIVATE WILLIAM MAY OF THE 32ND IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR CAPTURING THE FLAG OF THE LOUISIANA BOUANCHAUD BATTERY AT THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE ON DECEMBER 16, 1864. PRIVATE MAY ALSO SERVED IN THE MEXICAN WAR.

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