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Wood Lake Battlefield

The Wood Lake Battlefield Preservation Association preserves and interprets the Wood Lake Battle sites of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.  One monument site is on County Road 18, .7 miles west of Highway 67. A second battlefield site is .7 mile to the north on 600th Street. Interpretive signs are at each location.

Wood Lake Battlefield: What's Nearby

Echo, MN
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Preservation

The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 240 acres at Wood Lake Battlefield.

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Related Battles

Wood Lake
Battle Facts
Echo, MN | September 23, 1862
Result: Union Victory
Estimated Casualties
Union
41
Confed.
0
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