BCHS Lunch & A Bite "The Battle of Wood Lake"

Brown County Historical Society's "Lunch and a Bite of History"

September, 1862. Lt Col Henry Hastings Sibley unknowingly is about to lead his army into a carefully planned ambush—a disaster likely to eclipse the Custer tragedy still 14 years in the future. But, Fate is to intervene... Denny Dahmes, long standing member and officer of the Wood Lake Battlefield Preservation Association, will lead a presentation and discussion of the pivotal Battle of Wood Lake of the US-Dakota War of 1862.