The Battle of Wisconsin Heights was the penultimate engagement of the 1832 Black Hawk War, fought between the United States state militia and allies,...
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aftermath of the Battle of Wisconsin Heights, as Black Hawk's band fled the pursuing militia. The militia caught up with them on the eastern bank of the Mississippi...
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The Wisconsin Heights Battlefield is an area in Dane County, Wisconsin, where the penultimate battle of the 1832 Black Hawk War occurred. The conflict...
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Black Hawk War (redirect from Black Hawk War of 1832)
up with the British Band on July 21 and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. Black Hawk's band was weakened by hunger, death, and desertion...
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Among its earliest recorded occurrences is the Battle of Wisconsin Heights, the penultimate engagement of the 1832 Black Hawk War between the United States...
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British Band (redirect from Black Hawk's Band of 1832)
the Battle of Stillman's Run and the military engagements that followed were insignificant until the final two encounters: the Wisconsin Heights and the...
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Mound raid on June 29. The Native Americans were defeated at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights on July 21, with forty to seventy killed and only one killed...
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Kickapoo people (redirect from Kickapoo Tribe of Indians)
allies of Shawnee leader Tecumseh. Many Kickapoo warriors participated in the Battle of Tippecanoe and the subsequent War of 1812 on the side of the British...
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Henry Atkinson (soldier) (category United States Army personnel of the War of 1812)
removal of the Winnebago to Iowa. A second Fort Atkinson was named in his honor in Iowa. The City of Fort Atkinson in Jefferson County, Wisconsin is also...
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James D. Henry (category American people of the Black Hawk War)
the Black Hawk War. Henry played a major role in the Battle of Wisconsin Heights, leading elements of four mounted Illinois militia regiments in combat against...
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Potawatomi (redirect from History of the Potawatomi)
Peninsula of Wisconsin. By the end of the French period, the Potawatomi had begun a move to the Detroit area, leaving the large communities in Wisconsin. Madouche...
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Jefferson Davis (redirect from Timeline of Jefferson Davis)
record of Jefferson Davis in Wisconsin". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 24 (2): 174–182. JSTOR 4631371. Simpson, John A. (1975). "Cult of the "lost...
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community in the Town of Wheatland in Vernon County, Wisconsin. It is located 4.5 miles north of De Soto and 6.2 miles south of Genoa on the Mississippi...
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Zachary Taylor (redirect from 12th President of the United States of America)
1845, during the annexation of Texas, President James K. Polk dispatched Taylor to the Rio Grande in anticipation of a battle with Mexico over the disputed...
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Meskwaki (category Native American tribes in Wisconsin)
control of the Fox River system in eastern and central Wisconsin. This river became vital for the colonial New France fur trade through the interior of North...
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with a number of battles, skirmishes and massacres on both sides. Black Hawk led his men in another conflict, the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. Afterward...
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Michigan Territory Militia (category Michigan in the War of 1812)
Territory along with portions of the Louisiana Purchase. Michigan shrank in 1836 with the creation of the Wisconsin Territory. Wisconsin Territory was established...
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Checokalako (category Native Americans of the Black Hawk War)
and one of seven civil chiefs aligned with Black Hawk's British Band during the Black Hawk War in 1832. Jung, Patrick J. The Black Hawk War of 1832, (Google...
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ensuing events led to the Battle of Stillman's Run. A number of other engagements followed, and the state militias of Wisconsin and Illinois were mobilized...
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Towaunonne (category Articles with topics of unclear notability from September 2022)
and one of seven civil chiefs aligned with Black Hawk's British Band during the Black Hawk War in 1832. Jung, Patrick J. The Black Hawk War of 1832, (Google...
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Galena, Illinois (redirect from Flag of Galena, Illinois)
Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011. Loew, Patty (2001). Indian Nations of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Historical...
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Following the Battle of Wisconsin Heights, Black Hawk and his allies fled across the Wisconsin River. To follow them the U.S. army under the command of Henry...
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Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk War (category American people of the Black Hawk War)
ensuing events led to the Battle of Stillman's Run. A number of other engagements followed, and the state militias of Wisconsin and Illinois were mobilized...
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Pamisseu (category Native Americans of the Black Hawk War)
and one of seven civil chiefs aligned with Black Hawk's British Band during the Black Hawk War in 1832. Jung, Patrick J. The Black Hawk War of 1832, (Google...
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Grove is a village situated along the Kickapoo River in Crawford County, Wisconsin, in the United States. The population was 592 at the 2010 census. The...
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The Battle of Kellogg's Grove is either of two minor battles, or skirmishes, fought during the Black Hawk War in the U.S. state of Illinois, in present-day...
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Neapope (category Native American people from Wisconsin)
the war as one of Black Hawk's leading allies, most notably during the Battle of Wisconsin Heights (near present-day Sauk City, Wisconsin) where he successfully...
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Keokuk (Sauk leader) (category Native Americans of the Black Hawk War)
Keokuk (circa 1780–June 1848) was a leader of the Sauk tribe in central North America, and for decades was one of the most recognized Native American leaders...
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Menominee (redirect from Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin)
tribe of Native Americans officially known as the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. Their land base is the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin. Their...
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Ho-Chunk (category Native American tribes in Wisconsin)
of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. Today, Ho-Chunk people are enrolled in two federally recognized tribes, the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin...
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