Minnesota's Governor had made Sibley a Colonel United States Volunteers to command the US force tasked with fighting the war and that eventually defeated Little Crow's forces at the Battle of Wood Lake.
mˌɪnɪsˈoʊɾəz ɡˈʌvɚnɚ hæd mˌeɪd sˈɪbli ɐ kˈɜːnəl juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts vˌɑːləntˈɪɹz tə kəmˈænd ðə jˌuːˈɛs fˈoːɹs tˈæskt wɪð fˈaɪɾɪŋ ðə wˈɔːɹ ænd ðæt ᵻvˈɛntʃuːəli dᵻfˈiːɾᵻd lˈɪɾəl kɹˈoʊz fˈoːɹsᵻz æt ðə bˈæɾəl ʌv wˈʊd lˈeɪk.