What is Battle of Whitestone Hill?
[[File:Whitestone Hll.jpg|thumb|250px|An artists conception of the Battle of Whitestone Hill.]] The '''Battle of Whitestone Hill''' was the culmination of the 1863 operations against the [[Sioux]] Indians in [[Dakota Territory]]. [[Brigadier general|Brigadier General]] [[Alfred Sully]] attacked a village September 3–5, 1863. The [[Native American]]s in the village included [[Sioux|Yanktonai]], [[Sioux|Santee]], and [[Sioux|Teton (Lakota)]] Sioux. == Results == Ultimately the battle ended in a decisive [[United States|US]] victory. Over 300 natives were killed, these included women and children. 20 US soldiers were killed in the conflict. {{history-stub}} [[Category:1863 in the United States]] [[Category:American Civil War battles|Whitestone Hill]] [[Category:1860s in North Dakota|Whitestone Hill]] [[Category:Battles in North Dakota]]