Battle of Stony Lake

Battle of Stony Lake
Part of Sioux Wars, American Civil War
Stony Lake battlefield
Date July 28, 1863 (1863-07-28) Location Dakota Territory Present-day Burleigh County, North Dakota Result United States victory
Belligerents
United States of America	Santee Sioux Teton Sioux Yankton Yanktonai
Commanders and leaders
Henry Hastings Sibley	Inkpaduta
Strength
2,056	1,600 to 2,500
Casualties and losses
2 dead	At least 3

The Battle of Stony Lake was the third and last engagement of Henry Hastings Sibley's 1863 campaign against the Santee, Yankton, Yanktonai and Teton Sioux in Dakota Territory. Following the battle, the Indians fought delaying actions against Sibley until their women and children had successfully crossed the Missouri River. Sibley then gave up his chase of them.