"A tragic Dakota War account of how a rescue party risked their lives by leaving the safety of New Ulm hoping to rescue families and neighbors along the Big Cot

In August 1862 the worst massacre in U.S. history unfolded on the Minnesota prairie, launching what has come to be known as the Dakota War, the most violent eth

This occasional paper is a concise overview of the history of the US Army's involvement along the Mexican border and offers a fundamental understanding of probl