battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Stony Lake

Name: Battle of Stony Lake
Start: 1863-07-28
Location: Dakota Territory, North Dakota, United States

Battle of Stony Lake was a battle fought on 28 July 1863 at Dakota Territory, in what is now North Dakota, United States. It was part of the Sioux Wars, which ran from 1854 to 1891. The recorded result: United States victory. Recorded strength: 2,056 against 1,600 to 2,500.

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Stony Lake Battlefield. Kathleen Madigan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought28 July 1863

WhereDakota Territory, North Dakota, United States46.851N, 100.184W

OutcomeUnited States victory

BelligerentsUnited States of AmericaagainstSantee Sioux; Teton Sioux; Yankton; Yanktonai

Casualties and losses2 deadandAt least 3

Battlefield todayStony Lake battlefieldNPS site ND003, 13,480 acres studied, 1,707 core

Part ofSioux Wars1854 to 1891

Where it sits in the Sioux Wars

8 placed engagements of the Sioux Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	28 July 1863
Place	Dakota Territory, North Dakota, United States 46.851N, 100.184W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	2,056	1,600 to 2,500
Casualties and losses	2 dead	At least 3
Commanders	Henry Hastings Sibley	Inkpaduta

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the battlefield study area mapped by the NPS American Battlefield Protection Program. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake 1863, 31 km E
Battle of Big Mound 1863, 46 km NE
Battle of Whitestone Hill 1863, 127 km SE
Battle of Grand Coteau 1851, 147 km NW
Battle of Killdeer Mountain 1864, 216 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake 26 July 1863
After: Battle of Whitestone Hill 3 September 1863
All 8 engagements of Sioux Wars

Elsewhere in 1863

Battle of Gettysburg United States
Battle of Chancellorsville United States
Battle of Chickamauga United States
Siege of Vicksburg United States
Battle of Camarón Mexico

The National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program maps this as the Stony Lake battlefield (site ND003): a study area of 13,480 acres, with a core area of 1,707 acres where the fighting was concentrated; 13,484 acres retain enough integrity to be potentially eligible for the National Register.

Battle of Stony Lake is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (7 in North Dakota).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4872445, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Stony Lake, revision 1377292090, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (public domain). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.