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GWINNER, NORTH DAKOTA |
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HISTORY OF GWINNER
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BUELL CAMP Approximately 2,000 feet northwest of this marker is the site of the camp made by the forces of General Sibley on his expedition into Dakota Territory in 1863. The camp was made here on July 3rd and 4th and was one of several camps made in the Territory of Dakota during the campaign to search put and punish hostile Indians that had successfully massacred hundreds of whites in western Minnesota. |
| It was the custom at that time to name
the camps after the officers and men of the expedition. This camp was
named after Major Salmon E Buell of the 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers who
served with the expedition and although comparatively unknown at the time
distinguished himself valiantly in future engagements. This camp site was selected as a campsite for the 3rd Illinois Volunteer Cavalry on August 3rd and 4th, 1865, while enroute to Devils Lake to rendezvous with Generally Sully in his campaign through the lake region in search of hostile Sioux. |
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CHURCHES IN GWINNER
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| Zion Lutheran Church | Gustaf Adolf Lutheran Church ELCA |
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