in St. Paul. Historian Wilson P. Shortridge wrote, "When Sibley, in 1834, made his way into the region which became Minnesota, it was a typical fur-traders' frontier; when he died, Minnesota was a state with a population of almost one and one-half millions." Written works Henry Hastings Sibley contributed to the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, to Spirit of the Times, and to The Turf, Field and Farm. Among his work for the Minnesota Historical Society were memoirs of Joseph Nicolas Nicollet, Hercules L. Dousman and Jean Baptiste Faribault. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) Notes Further reading Anderson, Gary Clayton (2019). Massacre in Minnesota: The Dakota War of 1862, the Most Violent Ethnic Conflict in American History. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Blegen, Theodore C. (1934). "Henry H. Sibley, Pioneer of Culture and Frontier Author". Minnesota History 15(4): 382–394. Carley, Kenneth (1976). The Dakota War of 1862: Minnesota's Other Civil War. Minnesota Historical Society. (First published under the title of The Sioux Uprising of 1862 (1961).) Gilman, Rhoda R (2004). Henry Hastings Sibley: Divided Heart. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society. Kohn, Bruce A. (2012). Dakota Child, Governor's Daughter: The Life of Helen Hastings Sibley. Mendota: Greenhaven Printing. West, Nathaniel (1889). The Ancestry, Life and Times of the Hon. Henry Hastings Sibley. St. Paul: Pioneer Press. Retrieved June 9, 2021. External links Gilman, Rhoda R. "Sibley, Henry H. (1811-1891)". MNopedia, the Minnesota Encyclopedia. First published July 16, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2021. "Governor: Sibley, Henry H.: An Inventory of Its Records of Governor Henry H. Sibley at the Minnesota Historical Society - Government Records". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved June 16, 2021. "Governors of Minnesota: Henry H. (Hastings) Sibley". Minnesota Historical Society. Archived June 6, 2009. "Henry H. Sibley: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society - Manuscript Collection". Retrieved June 16, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2008. |- |- |- 1811 births 1891 deaths 19th-century American politicians American Fur Company people American fur traders Dakota War of 1862 Democratic Party governors of Minnesota Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota Territory Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin Territory Members of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature People from Mendota, Minnesota People of Minnesota in the American Civil War People of North Dakota in the American Civil War Politicians from Detroit Sibley County, Minnesota Union Army generals Wisconsin Democrats