Editing New Ulm, Minnesota (section)

===U.S.–Dakota War of 1862===
{{Main|Battles of New Ulm}}
On August 18, 1862, the [[US-Dakota War of 1862|US-Dakota War]] began with the [[attack at the Lower Sioux Agency]] only 30 miles up the [[Minnesota River]] from New Ulm. As the closest significant town to the [[Lower Sioux Indian Reservation|Dakota Reservation]], New Ulm fell under attack by a [[Mdewakanton]] force the next day. A hastily formed militia of armed townspeople repelled the attack and immediately set about constructing barricades around the center of the town.<ref>Wall, Oscar Garrett (1908). Recollections of the Sioux Massacre. Lake City, Minnesota: The Home Printery. p. 124</ref>

The Dakota returned with a larger force on the morning of August 23. Bolstered by the timely arrival of volunteer [[militia]] from other towns under [[Charles Eugene Flandrau|Charles Flandrau]], the outnumbered defenders of New Ulm again repelled the attack.<ref>Wall, Oscar Garrett (1908). Recollections of the Sioux Massacre. Lake City, Minnesota: The Home Printery. p. 125</ref> Most of the town outside the barricades was burned, however, leaving only 49 buildings to house a population of 2500.<ref>Clodfelter, Micheal (1998). ''The Dakota War: the United States Army versus the Sioux, 1862-1865''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. p. 42. {{ISBN|0-7864-0419-1}}.</ref> Short of shelter and ammunition and facing outbreaks of disease, the majority of the population evacuated to [[Mankato, Minnesota|Mankato]] on August 25.<ref name="scouting">{{cite book | last =Burnham | first =Frederick Russell | author-link =Frederick Russell Burnham | title =Scouting on Two Continents | publisher =Doubleday, Page and Co | year =1926 | location =New York | pages = 2 (autobiographical account)| id = ASIN B000F1UKOA }}</ref><ref>Wall, Oscar Garrett (1908). Recollections of the Sioux Massacre. Lake City, Minnesota: The Home Printery. p. 127</ref>  The dead were buried in New Ulm's streets.