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UNION BRIGADIER GENERAL HENRY H SIBLEY
Sibley, H(enry)H. Union General, First state governor of Minnesota he
commanded the state forces against the Sioux. DS. $125.00
Sibley, Henry H., brigadier-general, was born in Detroit, Mich. Feb. 20, 1811.
He was graduated at Detroit Academy, took a special course in Greek and Latin
and read law, but in 1829 became clerk to the sutler at Sault Ste. Marie. Soon
afterward he took a local agency of John Jacob Astor's fur company, and, after
being in 1832-34 a purchasing agent, he was given an interest in the company
and took charge of its business in the territory north of Lake Pepin, extending
to the British line and west to the head waters of the tributaries of the Missouri
river. In 1834 he reached the mouth of the Minnesota river, on a trip for the
company, and, establishing his headquarters at St. Peters (now Mendota), built
the first stone house within the present limits of Minnesota. Two years
afterward he was appointed by Gov. Chambers of Iowa, a justice of the peace. In
1848 he was elected a delegate from Wisconsin territory to Congress, and there
secured the passage of a bill for the creation of Minnesota territory. He was
re-elected to Congress for two terms; in 1857 took part in the constitutional
convention and was elected to the territorial legislature; and on the admission of
Minnesota as a state, in 1858, he was elected its first governor, as a Democrat.
In 1862, at the time of the Sioux Indian outbreak, he organized and commanded
the troops raised for the protection of the frontier settlers and was
commissioned a brigadier-general. During this campaign he took about 2,000
Indian prisoners, tried more than 400 of them by court-martial, and on Dec. 26
executed thirty-eight at one time, only President Lincoln's direct orders
preventing the execution of many more. Gen. Sibley was brevetted major-
general, Nov. 29, 1865, was relieved of his command in Minnesota in Aug., 1866,
and was detailed as a member of a commission to negotiate treaties with the
Sioux and other hostiles along the upper Missouri river. In 1871 he served
another term in the legislature, and afterward lived quietly in St. Paul. He was a
regent of the state university, president of the state normal school board, and a
member of the United States board of Indian commissioners. He died in St. Paul
on Feb. 18, 1891.
Sibley, H(enry)H. Union General, First state governor of Minnesota he
commanded the state forces against the Sioux. DS. $125.00
Sibley, Henry H., brigadier-general, was born in Detroit, Mich. Feb. 20, 1811.
He was graduated at Detroit Academy, took a special course in Greek and Latin
and read law, but in 1829 became clerk to the sutler at Sault Ste. Marie. Soon
afterward he took a local agency of John Jacob Astor's fur company, and, after
being in 1832-34 a purchasing agent, he was given an interest in the company
and took charge of its business in the territory north of Lake Pepin, extending
to the British line and west to the head waters of the tributaries of the Missouri
river. In 1834 he reached the mouth of the Minnesota river, on a trip for the
company, and, establishing his headquarters at St. Peters (now Mendota), built
the first stone house within the present limits of Minnesota. Two years
afterward he was appointed by Gov. Chambers of Iowa, a justice of the peace. In
1848 he was elected a delegate from Wisconsin territory to Congress, and there
secured the passage of a bill for the creation of Minnesota territory. He was
re-elected to Congress for two terms; in 1857 took part in the constitutional
convention and was elected to the territorial legislature; and on the admission of
Minnesota as a state, in 1858, he was elected its first governor, as a Democrat.
In 1862, at the time of the Sioux Indian outbreak, he organized and commanded
the troops raised for the protection of the frontier settlers and was
commissioned a brigadier-general. During this campaign he took about 2,000
Indian prisoners, tried more than 400 of them by court-martial, and on Dec. 26
executed thirty-eight at one time, only President Lincoln's direct orders
preventing the execution of many more. Gen. Sibley was brevetted major-
general, Nov. 29, 1865, was relieved of his command in Minnesota in Aug., 1866,
and was detailed as a member of a commission to negotiate treaties with the
Sioux and other hostiles along the upper Missouri river. In 1871 he served
another term in the legislature, and afterward lived quietly in St. Paul. He was a
regent of the state university, president of the state normal school board, and a
member of the United States board of Indian commissioners. He died in St. Paul
on Feb. 18, 1891.
