Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Henry Hastings Sibley

Battles of Henry Hastings Sibley

American politician and military leader (1811–1891)

Henry Hastings Sibley is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1862 and 1863: 4 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 464 km apart end to end, 155 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Sioux Wars (3), Dakota War of 1862 (1).

Battle of Wood LakeBattle of Big MoundBattle of Dead Buffalo LakeBattle of Stony LakeBattle of Wood LakeBattle of Big MoundBattle of Dead Buffalo LakeBattle of Stony LakeBismarckFargoAberdeenMobridgeWillmar100 km45.863N, 97.810W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1862: 1 engagements1863: 3 engagements3 in 186318621863
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Wood Lake, 1862Battle of Big Mound, 1863Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake, 1863Battle of Stony Lake, 186318621863
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 September 1862Battle of Wood LakeYellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United StatesUnited States victory
24 July 1863Battle of Big MoundDakota Territory, North Dakota, United States415 km NWU.S. victory
26 July 1863Battle of Dead Buffalo LakeDakota Territory, North Dakota, United States18 km SWUnited States victory
28 July 1863Battle of Stony LakeDakota Territory, North Dakota, United States31 km WUnited States victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Zimmerman and Whitstruck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.