Dakota Conflict, Sioux Uprising, American Civil War

"In a week, and mostly within forty-eight hours, 1,000 persons perished in excruciating pain, 2,000 more were maimed sufferers from the outrage, and 8,000, who before were comparatively well-to-do, were thrown, as paupers, on the charity of individuals, or on the bounty of the state. A stream of 30,000 fugitives rushed down the Minnesota valley, seeking protection in the interior towns of the state, or fleeing to the neighboring states, and even to their New England friends. Not less than $2,000,000 worth of property was destroyed in a belt of two hundred and fifty miles, and in ten counties, nothing was left."  – Autobiography of Henry H. Sibley

This is the most accurate account of the sheer magnitude of the destruction in Minnesota as a direct result of the great Sioux massacre of 1862. Henry Sibley was the appointed Commander of the Indian Expedition, having been  appointed by Governor Alexander Ramsey. 

Hardcover  collector's edition, softcover edition, or ebook available right here at Amazon under the title "Blood on the Prairie - A Novel of the Sioux Uprising" by Steven M. Ulmen. 2012 is the sesquicentennial year.