Fort Ridgely

Fort Ridgely was a frontier United States Army outpost from 1851 to 1867, built 1853–1854 in Minnesota Territory. The Sioux called it Esa Tonka. It was located overlooking the Minnesota River southwest of Fairfax, Minnesota. Half of the fort's land was part of the south reservation in the Minnesota river valley for the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute tribes. Fort Ridgely had no defensive wall, palisade, or guard towers. The Army referred to the fort as the "New Post on the Upper Minnesota" until it was named for two Maryland Army Officers named Ridgely, who died during the Mexican–American War.

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  Battle of Lower Sioux Agency ⓘ
  1862 battle of the American Civil War

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  Battle of Redwood Ferry ⓘ
  ambush on first day of 1862 Dakota uprising

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  Battles of New Ulm ⓘ
  1862 battle of the American Civil War

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  Battle of Fort Ridgely ⓘ
  1862 battle of the American Civil War

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  Battle of Birch Coulee ⓘ
  30-hour siege during Dakota War of 1862

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  Fort Ridgely ⓘ
  United States Army outpost in Minnesota

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1862 Battle of Lower Sioux Agency

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1862 Battle of Redwood Ferry

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1862 Battles of New Ulm

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1862 Battle of Fort Ridgely

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1862 Battle of Birch Coulee

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Old Fort Ridgely Ruins, built in 1853 Wellcome M0008500

Barracks building at Fort Ridgely, Nicollet County, Minnesota - DPLA - 54449009babfcedd4680ce82ee6ec930

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2ndBattleofFortRidgely

ColgraveDrawingofFortRidgely

FortRidgely1862

FortRidgelyCartedeVisite

FortRidgleyBurning

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Lower Sioux Agency	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Redwood Ferry	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Battles of New Ulm	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Fort Ridgely	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Birch Coulee	battle	Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places listed place page@		Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places page@		Wikidata
link	page		FortWiki page@		Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Ridgely	fort	Wikidata
commons	image		Old Fort Ridgely Ruins, built in 1853 Wellcome M0008500		Commons
commons	image		Barracks building at Fort Ridgely, Nicollet County, Minnesota - DPLA - 54449009babfcedd4680ce82ee6ec930		Commons
commons	image		FortRidgely1862		Commons
commons	image		2ndBattleofFortRidgely		Commons
commons	image		ColgraveDrawingofFortRidgely		Commons
commons	image		FortRidgely1862		Commons
commons	image		FortRidgelyCartedeVisite		Commons
commons	image		FortRidgleyBurning		Commons
commons	image		Fortridgely		Commons
commons	image		Fortridgely		Commons