    
Title: Fort Union, Dakota Territory, June 1864 Description: Elements of the 30th Wis., part of the Union force commanded by Union General Alfred Sully, who had been ordered in 1863 to take the field against the rampaging Sioux (beginning with the Mankato Massacre in August-September 1862 in Minnesota, which quickly spread through the West), arrived at Fort Union to maintain order; Assiniboin Indians, thought friendly, are shown trading outside the fort, which was really a post for the corrupt American Fur Company; Fort Union was dismantled in 1867, and its materials used for the enlargement of Fort Buford, named after Union Major General John Buford, who died on December 16, 1863; Location: Fort Union, Dakota Territory Date: June 1864 Category: American Civil War Topic: Artwork Keywords: American Civil War, American Frontier, bastions, forts, Old West Orientation: Panorama Dimensions: 3450 x 1415 (4.88 MPixels) (2.44) Print Size: 29.2 x 12.0 cm; 11.5 x 4.7 inches File Size: 14.00 MB (14,678,202 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000007170c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
