Deaths of
New Ulm Citizens and Sioux Indians
On
the back side of the Pioneer Monument in front of the Brown County Courthouse,
113 names are listed of those killed during the Indian Uprising. It states:
“MEN,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SIOUX WAR OF 1862-63, IN THE
PRESENT AREA OF BROWN COUNTY.”
Ahern,
Matthew
Barth,
G. W. Otto
Belzer,
?
Bluem,
John
Bluem,
Mrs. John
Bluem,
DTR. Margaret
Bluem,
DTR. Elizabeth
Bluem,
SON, Charles
Bosche,
Henry
Buggert,
Louis
Brown,
Joseph L.
Brown,
SON Jonathon
Brown,
DTR Oratia
Carroll,
William B.
Castor,
Joseph
Dietrich,
A.
Dodd,
William B.
Drexler,
Benedict
Edwards,
A.W.
Eggensdorfer,
Thereas
Emery,
Joseph
England,
William
Fenske,
Julius
Fink,
John Martin
Fink,
WIFE Monica
Fink,
SON Max
Gluth,
Fred
Haack,
Max
Haeberle,
Jacob
Hartman,
Florian
Henle,
Martin
Henle,
Anton
Henle,
Mary
Henshaw,
Seth
Heuyers,
Carl
Heuyers,
WIFE Hannah
Heuyers, SON John
Heuyers, SON Carl, Jr.
Heydrick,
Mrs.
Heydrick,
CHILD
Heydrick,
CHILD
Huggins,
Rufus
Houghton,
Newell E.
Howard,
Mrs. Ruth
Jackson,
Philetus
Keck,
Jacob
Kierschstein,
Juluis
Krause,
Ferdinand
Krueger,
John, Sr.
Kulp,
Washington
Lamb,
George
Lemon,
DeWitt
Loomis,
Almond
Loomis,
Uriah
Lusky,
William
Maloney,
William
Massopust,
Frank
Massopust,
WIFE Mary Ann
Massopust,
DTR, Julia
Massopust,
GRANDSON, Frank
May,
Sebastian
May,
WIFE Barbara
May,
SON Henry
May,
DTR Bertha
Merkle,
Carl
Messmer,
Anton
Messmer,
WIFE Mary Ann
Messmer, SON Joseph
Meyer, Mathias
Michaels,
John C.
Nicholson,
William
Olson,
Nels
Olson,
Tork
Olson,
Ole
Pauly,
Emily
Pelzl,
?
Pelzel, Brigitta
Quane, Jerry
Rieman,
August
Roepke,
August
Roesser,
George
Roesser,
WIFE Barbara
Rohner,
John
Rohner,
WIFE Barbara
Rohner,
CHILD
Ryan,
Thomas
Senske,
Leopold
Schilling,
Adolph
Schneider,
John
Somers,
John
Smith,
Luke
Steinle,
Adolph
Stocker,
Mrs. Joseph
Thilling,
?
Thilling,
WIFE
Tomson,
Jan
Tuttle,
William
Whiton,
Eliza
Zeller,
WIFE Lucreta
Zeller,
SON John
Zeller, DTR Cecillia
Zeller, SON Conrad
Zeller,
SON Martin
Zettel,
John
Zettel,
WIFE Barbara
Zettel,
DTR Elizabeth
Zettel,
SON Stephan
Zettel, SON Anton
Zettel, DTR Johanna
Deaths of the Sioux
Marion
P. Satterlee of Minneapolis, a member of the Minnesota Historical Society,
vistied New Ulm in the early part of the 1900’s to look over the historic battle
grounds of the Sioux Uprising. He was
very knowledgeable on this subject. He
believes that the number of Indians killed in the battles was very low. He believes that only 2 were killed at Fort
Ridgely, and the number is probably the same or less for New Ulm. He claims that the largest number of Indians
killed was at Wood Lake and the casualties were 16 or less. The reason these numbers are so sketchy are
because when an Indian was killed, his body was carried away or hidden from
view. This makes a count very
difficult.
The
only known casualty at New Ulm was with Chief Mankato, in a battle with General
Sibley. Sibley had made use of his
artillery. Chief Mankato saw the cannon
ball coming and thinking it was harmless, for it was rather slow, he did not
move. The ball hit him and broke his
back. He was killed immediately. Chief Mankato was the only major Indian
leader to die as a result of the conflicts with the whites.