This list was prepared by historian Curtis Dahlin, who adds new names when found. We may never know the exact number of those killed.
The columns to the left are surnames and first names of those who perished. Click on this PDF to see the entire document: Uprising killed, final.pdf
Below is the information you will find in the spreadsheet:
Key to Excel spreadsheet on listing of victims of the U.S. – Dakota War
A Last name
B First name
C Date mortally wounded
D Date died
E County in which killed
F Place killed (LSA = Lower Sioux Agency; Upper SA = Upper Sioux Agency; LC’s camp = Little Crow’s camp; battle of BC = battle of Birch Coulee; Leav. R.E. = Leavenworth Rescue Expedition; NU = New Ulm)
G Place died, if different from place where mortally wounded
H Place of residence if different from place killed
I Civilian or military
J Place buried (Oakland SP = Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul; Oakland H = Oakland Cemetery in Hutchinson; NU City = New Ulm City Cemetery
K Grave is marked or unmarked
L Age
M Male or female
N Nationality
Note that there are two spellings of Birch Coulee/Birch Cooley. Both are correct. The general spelling is the first one and the second is the township.
This list includes those killed at the Battle of Whitestone Hill, who were soldiers from the 2nd Nebraska and 6th Iowa Cavalry. These names are not included in the total cited, which is 650.
This is a list of those who perished during the Dakota Uprising. Compiling a list like this is difficult. Thomas Galbraith, an Indian Agent, compiled a list of 737 names but said there were many other names he could not establish for sure. Satterlee’s list some fifty years later listed 413 names and was incomplete as county histories published additional names. Lincoln’s estimate was 800 which some think was conservative.