New Ulm in Brown County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Leavenworth Rescue Expedition

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, May 16, 2013

1. Leavenworth Rescue Expedition Marker

Inscription. During the Minnesota Sioux Uprising of 1862, eighteen men left New Ulm early on the morning of August 19, and travelled westward about 20 miles along the Big Cottonwood River to the area of Leavenworth. Searching for relatives and friends, they found dead settlers and wounded children. Two men took the wounded by wagon to New Ulm, and during the day another man left and two more joined the group.

Part of the expedition returned to New Ulm about 3:00 P.M., during the first attack on the town. They descended the hill near the present Loretto Hospital, and crossed the slough below where five were killed by Indian ambush. One half hour later the other men returned and were also surprised here and six killed. Unknown to the expedition some of their families and neighbors had reached safety within the New Ulm barricades.

Casualties · 3:00 P.M. · William B. Carroll · Thomas Riant · Almond D. Loomis · George Lamb · Jan Thomson · 3:30 P.M. · William Tuttle · Uriah Loomis · DeWitt Lemon · Ole and Nels Olson · Tore Olson

Survivors · 3:00 P.M. · Philip Kirby · Luther C. Ives · Robert A. Henton · Charles Koehne · Samuel McAuliffe · 3:30 P.M. · Ralph Thomas

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1967 by the Brown County Historical Society.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Wars, US Indian. A significant historical year for this entry is 1862.

Location. 44° 18.803′ N, 94° 28.425′ W. Memorial is in New Ulm, Minnesota, in Brown County. It is on 5th North Street west of North Garden Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: New Ulm MN 56073, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Minnesota and specifically in the Minnesota River Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Joseph A. Harman (approx. 0.3 miles away); Waraju Distillery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hermann Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); Defenders State Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Forster Building (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Forster Building (approx. 0.6 miles away); Frederick Forster Building (approx. 0.6 miles away); New Ulm's Glockenspiel (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Ulm.

More about this memorial. Loretto Hospital, mentioned on the marker, is now the New Ulm Medical Center.

Also see . . . US-Dakota War of 1862. (Submitted on May 23, 2013.)

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, May 16, 2013

2. Leavenworth Rescue Expedition Marker

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, May 16, 2013

3. Leavenworth Rescue Expedition Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2013, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,987 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 23, 2013, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.