The Sioux uprisings in Minnesota during the summer of 1862, culminating in the
New DIm Massacre, caused great alarm in Superior. A Committee of Safety was
chosen, a Home Guard organized, and a stockade built on the bay shore here. An
inventory of all firearms in Superior revealed a total of 60 shotguns, rifles and pistols.
The state sent 192 muskets and two cannon. To assist the Home Guard, the
Governor sent a company of Wisconsin soldiers that had been captured by the
Confederates at Shiloh and paroled. This Company was called back for Civil War
duty in the summer of 1863 and was replaced by other Wisconsin paroled soldiers.
The Chippewas residing in this vicinity remained friendly to the whites. By August,
1863, the Sioux in Minnesota had been overcome and most of the soldiers left
Superior. Eventually the stockade was abandoned.
Memorial Park, Hwys 53, 13, and 2 at 17th & 18th Aves., Superior, Douglas County Douglas County Wisconsin.
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