Civil War in North Dakota? You Betcha

From the June 17, 1814, Bismarck (ND) Tribune "Civil War in North Dakota to be Commorated at June 28 event."

A free day-long conference "Place, Property and Power: Pre and Post North Dakota Civil War Story" was held June 28th at the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum in Bismarck.

There was no fighting against Confederates in North Dakota, obviously, but fighting did take place against Native Americans at five sites: Big Mound, Dead Buffalo Lake, Kildeer Mountain, Story Lake and Whitestone Hill.

Whites battled the Dakota and Sioux to drive them from the Dakota Territory

Focus of the conference will be the Northern Plains before 1850, the aftermath of the battles and how they affect the state today.  The event will set the context for the 150th anniversary commemoration of the Kildeer Mountain Battlefield, Battle of the Badlands and Fort Dills.

It is sponsored by the State Historical Society of North Dakota, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and Fort Peck tribe.

--Old Secesh