DAKOTA WAR Ep. 3 | “Siege of Fort Ridgely”

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

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🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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After defenders at Fort Ridgely and New Ulm survive the first Dakota attacks, they re-fortify and brace for the second attacks. Dakota warriors assault both locations in greater numbers and threaten to overrun the two strongest pockets of resistance in southwestern Minnesota. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to LEGENDS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage. For more details, visit our website www.blackbarrelmedia.com and check out our social media pages. We’re @OldWestPodcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:29.2	At dawn on August 22, 1862, the Dakota War was four days old. As the sun rose, people in two critical places in southwest Minnesota waited for fresh attacks. The spontaneous killing of five settlers on August 17th had led to the destruction of the Lower Sioux Agency on the morning of
1:34.7	the 18th, and then the ambush of a column of soldiers from the nearest Army outpost, Fort Ridgely,
1:40.5	later that day. Dakota Warriors had swept through the village of Milford Township
1:45.5	on the morning of the 19th and then made a concentrated attack on the town of New Ulm that afternoon.
1:52.2	The people of New Ulm had successfully defended their town, but it was a brutal, bloody fight,
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