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=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
During the Civil War, the Dakota Territory contributed one battalion with two companies. The companies helped defend against Indian raids.<ref>National Park Service, [ | During the Civil War, the Dakota Territory contributed one battalion with two companies. The companies helped defend against Indian raids.<ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]: (accessed 29 July 2011).</ref> The Dakota Territory became an organized territory on March 2, 1861. It included much of present-day Montana and Wyoming. The Dakota Territory was divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota on November 2, 1889.<ref>Wikipedia contributors. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_in_the_American_Civil_War Dakota Territory}, (accessed 29 July 2011).</ref> The United States War Department credited the Dakota Territory with supplying 206 white men to the Union Army.<ref>United States. War Department, ''The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies'', (Washington, District of Columbia: Govt. Print. Office, 1880-1901), Series 3, Volume 4, page 1269. {{FHL|31516|item|disp=FHL book 973 M29u ser.3 v. 3, FHL film 845422}}.</ref> | ||
=== Dakota Territory Military Unit === | === Dakota Territory Military Unit === | ||
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