The Fuse: The Great Sioux Uprising in Minnesota

by Richard Jefferson Fischer

During the summer of 1862, Minnesota residents on the western frontier who had cohabited peacefully with the Sioux Indians suddenly found themselves in the middle of a brutal and bloody uprising. Upward of one thousand white settlers were killed during the conflict while countless others were captured and tortured. Richard and Anna Fischer, German emigrants who along with their like minded brethren that settled New Ulm Minnesota experienced the terror...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475148682
• ISBN13: 9781475148688
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"