then disappeared into the hills. Several muleteers in Sibley's camp assumed the engagement was over and took the livestock out of the defense lines to graze. The Sioux re-appeared in force on the right flank and made another effort to capture the stock, but were repulsed in a brief close-quarter fight by two companies of cavalry and 6 companies of infantry. Sitting Bull, armed with only a whip, was said to have counted coup on a muleteer and captured his mule. Failing in their mission to capture most of the horses and mules, the Indians then retired from the field and the battle was over. One soldier was killed. The soldiers estimated they had killed 15 Sioux. The number of Indian combatants and Indian casualties were often overestimated by the army. Aftermath Sibley continued his pursuit of the Sioux the following day, attempting to catch them before they could cross the Missouri River. On July 28 he engaged them again at the Battle of Stony Lake. Federal Units Involved District of Minnesota: Brigadier General Henry Hastings Sibley 1st Minnesota Cavalry "Mounted Rangers": Colonel Samuel McPhail 6th Minnesota Infantry: Colonel William Crooks 7th Minnesota Infantry: Lieutenant Colonel William R. Marshall 10th Minnesota Infantry: Colonel James H. Baker 3rd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery: Lieutenant J. C. Whipple See also History of North Dakota Plains Indians Wars List of battles fought in North Dakota Notes Sources National Park Service Battle Summary CWSAC Report Update and Resurvey: Individual Battlefield Profiles 1863 in the United States Conflicts in 1863 Battles of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War Battles involving the United States Battles involving the Sioux Kidder County, North Dakota Operations against the Sioux in Dakota Territory (American Civil War) Pre-statehood history of North Dakota Union victories of the American Civil War Battles of the American Civil War in North Dakota July 1863 events