The 7th Minnesota Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army that served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
7th Minnesota Infantry Regiment Battle Flag
An artist's depiction of the death of Sibley's aide Lt. Frederick Beever of the 7th Minnesota Infantry after the Battle of Stony Lake On July 29, 1863.
Veterans of the 7th Minnesota, taken in 1905.
Veterans of the 7th Minnesota Infantry Regiment during a reunion in 1905.
Sibley's 1863 Campaign
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Sibley's 1863 Campaign, also called Sibley's Expedition was a punitive expedition led by Brigadier General Henry Hastings Sibley following the Dakota War of 1862. The campaign's goal was to suppress a
7th Minnesota Infantry Regiment
…the Seventh spent the winter in Minnesota. The next summer, they accompanied Colonel Henry Sibley against the native peoples in Dakota Territory during Sibley's 1863 Campaign. They fought in the Battle of Big Mound in July, 1863. They returned to Minnesota to be sent south to St Louis in October for the winter. Once spring…
The Battle of Big Mound by Harper's Weekly, 1863