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Black Hawk
War
The last major Indian
conflict east of the Mississippi River, in the Northwest Territory,
was the Black Hawk War in 1832. In 1804 the Sauk and Fox
tribes signed a treaty relinquishing claim to their land in
Illinois. They were to remove to Iowa, but were allowed to
remain in Illinois until their former lands were sold. The
Indians were ordered into Iowa in 1828, and the Sauk leader, Black
Hawk, who had fought for the British during the War of 1812, opposed
the treaty, claiming the Indians had been given liquor before
signing the agreement.
In 1829, 1830, and 1831, Black Hawk's
band returned across the Mississippi for spring planting,
frightening the whites. When Black Hawk returned in April of
1832 with a band of warriors and women, children, and old men
to plant corn in the village of Winnebago Prophet, they were turned
back by the Illinois militia and returned to Iowa. On May 14,
1821 Black Hawk's peace envoy sent to meet with the militia were
were captured and one was killed. Consequently, Black Hawk and
about 40 warriors attacked the militia force, and the Black Hawk War
began.
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Hawk and the Black Hawk War Black Hawk disputed an
agreement made between members of his tribe and the United
States government over the sale of the tribe's lands in
Illinois. He claimed that members of the tribe had been given
liquor before they signed the documents. In 1832 Black Hawk was
defeated in what became known as the Black Hawk War.
- Black
Hawk War Veterans Database indexes the first
volume of Ellen M. Whitney's The Black Hawk War 1831-1832.
- Black
Hawk War An account from The Historical
Encyclopedia of Illinois published in 1903
- Black
Hawk War Excerpted
from the Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Counties,
Illinois, 1882
includes rosters
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American Civil War
Illinois made many notable contributions
to the Union cause in the civil war. Leaders from Illinois
included President Abraham Lincoln and 177 generals including
General Ulyses S. Grant. Equally important were over 250,000
Illinois men who served in the military. Of these almost
35,000 died, mostly from disease.
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- Database
of Illinois Civil War Veterans This database of
Illinois Civil War Veterans indexes the first eight volumes of
the nine volume publication, Report of the Adjutant
General of the State of Illinois
- Illinois
Civil War Rosters From the Adjutant General's
Report.
- Illinois
in the Civil War
- The
memoirs, diary, and life of Private Jefferson Moses, Company G,
93rd Illinois Volunteers The
memoirs were probably written in 1911 and describe the
organization and early action of Company G, 93rd Regiment,
Illinois Volunteers. These recollections end abruptly after the
surrender of Vicksburg. The diary was started on August 28, 1863.
- Official
Proclamations, Orders, Reports includes the
Presidential Proclamation, Governor's Proclamation, General
Orders, and other documents.
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