Life span: 02/20/1811 to 02/18/1891TabsLife SummaryFull name: Henry Hastings SibleyPlace of Birth: Detroit, MIBurial Place: St. Paul, MNBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Spouses: 2No. of Children: 4Family: Solomon Sibley (father), Sarah Whipple Sproat Sibley (mother), Red Blanket Woman (common-law wife - daughter Helen Hastings Wahkiyee Sibley), Sara Jane Steele (wife), Occupation: PoliticianMilitaryBusinessmanRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: DemocraticGovernment: US House of RepresentativesGovernorState legislatureOther state governmentLocal governmentMilitary: Union Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 06/16/1863 06/16/1863 In Minnesota, General H.H. Sibley and more than three thousand troops march against the Santee Sioux 07/20/1863 07/20/1863 In Minnesota, General H.H. Sibley and his men finally closes the pursuit of the Santee Sioux 07/24/1863 07/24/1863 In Dakota Territory, General H.H. Sibley and his men finally meet the Santee Sioux in the Battle of Big Mound 07/26/1863 07/26/1863 In Dakota Territory, near Dead Buffalo Lake, Lakota Sioux strike at the pursuing U.S. Army but are driven off 07/28/1863 07/28/1863 In Dakota Territory, at Stony Lake, Lakota and Santee Sioux fight covering action to protect retreat of their families 07/29/1863 07/29/1863 Near present-day Bismarck, North Dakota, Sioux Indians intercept and kill General Sibley's aide as he delivers messages 07/31/1863 07/31/1863 In Dakota Territory, General Sibley declines to cross the Missouri and ends his campaign to punish the Sioux Documents Addressee Docs Date Title 12/06/1862 Abraham Lincoln to Henry H. Sibley, December 6, 1862 Images Henry Hastings Sibley Henry Hastings Sibley, detail Henry Hastings Sibley, circa 1880 Henry Hastings Sibley, circa 1880, detail Sarah Jane Steele Sibley Sarah Jane Steele Sibley, detail Bibliography
