Original sentence: Fort Ridgely was defended by Companies "B" & "C" of the 5th Minnesota Infantry August 20–22, 1862.Initial counter-attacks by Minnesota troops resulted in another defeat of white soldiers at Battle of Birch Coulee on September 2
Edited sentence: Fort Ridgely was defended by Companies "B" & "C" of the 5th Minnesota Infantry August 20–22, 1862  Despite suffering substantially more casualties, the white soldiers held the battlefield at the end of the fighting.Minnesota troops fought the Dakota at Battle of Birch Coulee on September 2.The Dakota were again defeated.The failure of the Dakota to take New Ulm was a clear defeat.The failure of the Dakota to take the fort was another defeat.The failure to take the fort was another Dakota defeat