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Battle of Wood Lake

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United States

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Wood Lake (1862), part of the Sioux Indian Wars. United States defeated Santee Sioux Indians.

Belligerents2

United States
Santee Sioux Indians

ON THE MAPUnited States (1860)

Conflict graph

PART OFSioux Wars

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Wood Lake (1862). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-wood-lake · Sources & methodology