Sibley, Henry Hastings

Life Span
to
Full name
Henry Hastings Sibley
Place of Birth
Detroit, MI
Burial Place
St. Paul, MN
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
4
Family
Solomon Sibley (father),  Sarah Whipple Sproat Sibley (mother), Red Blanket Woman (common-law wife - daughter Helen Hastings Wahkiyee Sibley), Sara Jane Steele (wife), 
Occupation
Politician
Military
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
US House of Representatives
Governor
State legislature
Other state government
Local government
Military
Union Army
Date Event
In Minnesota, General H.H. Sibley and more than three thousand troops march against the Santee Sioux
In Minnesota, General H.H. Sibley and his men finally closes the pursuit of the Santee Sioux
In Dakota Territory, General H.H. Sibley and his men finally meet the Santee Sioux in the Battle of Big Mound
In Dakota Territory, near Dead Buffalo Lake, Lakota Sioux strike at the pursuing U.S. Army but are driven off
In Dakota Territory, at Stony Lake, Lakota and Santee Sioux fight covering action to protect retreat of their families
Near present-day Bismarck, North Dakota, Sioux Indians intercept and kill General Sibley's aide as he delivers messages
In Dakota Territory, General Sibley declines to cross the Missouri and ends his campaign to punish the Sioux
Date Title
Abraham Lincoln to Henry H. Sibley, December 6, 1862
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