Marshall, William Rainey

Life Span
to
Full name
William Rainey Marshall
Place of Birth
Columbia, MO
Burial Place
St. Paul, MN
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
1
Family
Joseph Marshall (father), Abigail Shaw Marshall (mother), Abby Langford (wife) 
Occupation
Politician
Military
Attorney or Judge
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Other
Other Religion
Swedenborgian
Political Parties
Republican
Government
Governor
Other state 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
In Dakota Territory, General Sibley declines to cross the Missouri and ends his campaign to punish the Sioux
In state elections in Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, three Republican governors win reelection.
Plains Indian Wars
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