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Battle of Birch Coulee
The Battle of Birch Coulee was a battle in the Sioux Uprising in September of 1862. After the Battle of Fort Ridgely and the Battle of New Ulm, Colonel Henry Hastings Sibley was planning to defeat and punish the Sioux and to obtain the release of the settlers they were holding captive.
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