SEE ALSO-BATTLE OF BIRCH COULEE MEMORIAL PLAQUE

ON THE PRAIRIE HALF A MILE EAST OF THIS POINT, A PARTY OF ABOUT 160 TROOPS WAS ATTACHED BY SIOUX AT DAWN, SEPT. 2, 1862, DURING THE BATTLE, THE FORCE WAS SURROUNDED FOR THIRTY HOURS, LOSING OVER A THIRD OF ITS NUMBER IN KILLED AND WOUNDED. SEE ALSO-BAT ...

ERECTED BY THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE HEROISM OF THOSE GALLANT SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS WHO FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF BIRCH COULEE AND TO PERPETUATE THEIR NAMES.