He served in the Black Hawk War and other Indian wars. In , he moved to what is now Burlington, Iowa then in Wisconsin Territory , where he served as register of the land office until House would become vacant on October 27, , and Dodge Joseph, Michigan, then in the Northwest Territory. His mother was a Native American from the Pottawatomie tribe. Francois fought on the side of the United States during the War of While his father was imprisoned, Antoine met General William Clark who was impressed with Le Claire's faculty with languages; Clark sent Antoine to school to learn proper English, and he entered government The population was 1, at the census.
The unincorporated communities of Alden Corners and Roxbury are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Lutheran Hill is also located partially in the town. History Roxbury has been called "Dane County's most historic township". After being pursued from Illinois, Black Hawk's band took a stand against the militia just south of the Wisconsin River, in what is today the Town of Roxbury. Although Black Hawk's band took severe casualties, their stand allowed several hundred noncombatant Sauk and Fox to retreat to the Mississippi River which saved their lives. Five years later, Charles Floyd, an Eastern speculator, established a company whose goal was to build an exemplary city in the The battle was named for the panicked retreat by Major Isaiah Stillman and his detachment of Illinois militia after being attacked by an unknown number of Sauk warriors of Black Hawk's British Band.
The numbers of warriors has been estimated that as few as fifty but as many as two hundred participated in the attack. However, reports found in Whitney's Black Hawk War Letters and reports compiled by the Illinois State Library indicated that large numbers of Indians were on the move throughout the region, and it appeared that widespread frontier warfare was underway.
The engagement was the first battle of the Black Hawk War , which developed after Black Hawk crossed the Mississippi River from Iowa into Illinois with his band of Sauk and Fox warriors along with women, children, and elders to try to resettle in Illinois. The militia had pursued a small group o Despite being vastly outnumbered and sustaining heavy casualties, Black Hawk's warriors managed to delay the combined government forces long enough to allow the majority of the Sauk and Fox civilians in the group to escape across the Wisconsin River.
This reprieve was temporary; when the militia finally caught up with the fleeing band it resulted in the Bad Axe massacre at the mouth of the Bad Axe River. Background As a consequence of an treaty between the Governor of Indiana Territory and a group of Sauk and Fox leaders regarding land settlement, the Sauk and Fox tribes vacated their lands in Illinois and moved west of the Mississippi in However, Sauk Black Hawk and others disputed the treaty, claiming that the fu In the first skirmish, also known as the Battle of Burr Oak Grove, on June 16, , Illinois militia forces fought against a band of at least 80 of Native Americans.
During the battle three militia men under the command of Adam W. Snyder were killed in action. The second battle occurred nine days later when a larger Sauk and Fox band, under the command of Black Hawk, attacked Major John Dement's detachment and killed five militia men. The second battle is known for playing a role in Abraham Lincoln's short career in the Illinois militia.
He was part of a relief company sent to the grove on June 26 and he helped bury the dead. He made a statement about the incident years later which was recollected in Carl Sandburg's writing, among others. Sources conflict about who actually won the battle; it has been called a " After the outbreak of the Black Hawk War, at the Battle of Stillman's Run in May , there were minor attacks and skirmishes throughout the duration of the conflict.
The relatively minor attacks of the war were widely dispersed and often carried out by bands of Native Americans that were unaffiliated with Black Hawk's British Band. Sometime in May a Methodist minister and his wife disappeared and were subsequently tied to a tree and executed by burning by a band of Potawatomi. Also in May an attack at Holderman's Grove killed another minister, Adam Payne, and an attack at Hollenbeck's Grove drove numerous residents out of the area. Together with other inciden Henry — March 5, was a militia officer from the U.
Henry was born in Pennsylvania in , and moved to Edwardsville, Illinois in In , while living in Edwardsville, he was indicted with two other men for the murder of an acquaintance, though he never went to trial. One defendant was tried but found not guilty, and following the trial Henry moved to Springfield, Illinois, where he was elected sheriff. When the Winnebago War broke out in Henry acted as adjutant for four companies of volunteers.
Henry's military service continued in the prelude of the Black Hawk War of He was put in command of a regiment in in response to Black Hawk's incursion into Illinois in Henry played a major role in the Battle of Wisconsin Heights, leading elements of four mounted Illinois militia regime For a list exclusively of currently commissioned ships, see the list of US Navy ships currently in commission. For ships with unique names, "USS Shipname" redirects to the ship article. For reused names, "USS Shipname" is an index page for the ships of that name; the links after the name lead to the specific ship pages.
Following the War of , Brady remained in the military, eventually rising to the rank of major general and taking command of the garrison at Detroit. He also, marginally participated in the Black Hawk War. Hugh Brady died an accidental death in when he was thrown from a horse-drawn carriage. He is not to be confused with the current President of University College Dublin. In May , the family moved to Brady's maternal grandfather's home in Cumberland County and stayed there until Octobe This is a list of auxiliaries of the United States Navy.
It covers the various types of ships that support the frontline combat vessels of the United States Navy. Strode, originally from Tennessee, lived much of his life in Galena, Illinois. In Galena, during the Black Hawk War he was given command of the 27th Regiment of the Illinois militia and oversaw the construction of a fort in that city. Strode was involved in combat during the war at the infamous Battle of Stillman's Run. Early life James M. Strode was from the U.
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During the late s Strode lived in Springfield, Illinois but from he lived in the city of Galena, Illinois. Strode began his military service on July 20, as the Winnebago War was being waged on the frontier in the mining region of southern Wisconsi John Dement 26 April — 16 January was a politician and militia commander from the U.
Born in Tennessee, he migrated with his family to Illinois when he was in his early teens. His first political office was as county sheriff and he later served multiple terms in the Illinois House of Representatives. Dement held the federal Receiver of Public Moneys post with U. Government Land Office under five different presidential administrations. Sauk war chief Black Hawk later commented on the valor displayed by Dement during the battle.
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Dement died in at his home in Dixon, Illinois. During the s and s, he was also a U. However, he and other members of the paper received lawsuits, threats and challenges to duels until eventually Burr's friends and supporters forced him to leave for Illinois. The conflict was fought between the Illinois and Michigan Territory militias and Sauk chief Black Hawk and his band of warriors, who were fleeing their homeland following the Fox Wars.
Today, the battlefield is managed and preserved by the state of Wisconsin as part of the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway. In , it was listed on the U. National Register of Historic Places. History Knowledge of the history of native tribes before the middle of the 18th century in the area of Wisconsin Heights Battlefield is limited. Samuel de Champlain is said to have heard of native tribes living "many leagues beyond Lake Huron" during the 17th century. New Lakota Dictionary, Wapasha I topic Wapasha — was the name of a Mdewakanton Dakota chief. Member feedback about Wapasha I: Member feedback about Wapasha II: Wapasha topic Wapasha may refer to: Member feedback about Waubojeeg: Member feedback about Sugar Loaf Winona, Minnesota: Natural features on the National Register of Hi Napoleon given name topic Napoleon is a given name.
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Today, the city is a tourist destination known for its history, architecture, and resorts. History Precolonial and colonial history A large galena crystal from the Galena mines The city is named for galena,[9] the natural form of lead sulfide PbS and the most im Keokuk circa —June was a chief of the Sauk or Sac tribe in central North America, and for decades was one of the most recognized Native American leaders and noted for his accommodation with the U. Keokuk moved his tribe several times and always acted as an ardent friend of the whites. He had a wife, who may be buried in Schuyler County, Missouri.
Winfield Scott June 13, — May 29, served as a general in the U. Army longer than any other person in American history. He is rated as one of the Army's most senior commissioned officers, and is ranked by many historians as the best American commander of his time. Scott was also a candidate for the Whig Party presidential nomination three times; selected in , he lost the general election to Franklin Pierce.
He was the army's senior officer at the start of the American Civil War, and conceived the Union strategy known as the Anaconda Plan, which was used to defeat the Confederacy.
He served as Commanding General of the United States Army for twenty years, longer than any other holder of the office. Scott was born and educated in Virginia; after brief attendance at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and study in a law Shabbona or Sha-bon-na , also known as Shabonee[1] and Shaubena,[2] c. The Ottawa are an Algonquian-speaking tribe that was driven out of Ontario, Canada b House of Representatives and U. His son was Augustus C. Dodge with whom he served in the U.
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Senate, the first, and so far only, father-son pair to serve concurrently. Henry Dodge was the half brother of Lewis F. Israel was from Connecticut and a veteran of the Battle of Brandywine, who came west to serve under his brother in the military command of George Rogers Clark. Nancy's family similarly moved west and settled in Kentucky, and for a period of time the Hunter family was part of the settler colony whose population was recruited to support the garrison at the confluence of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River, known as Fort Jefferson.
Henry Dodge was born in Vincennes then under House of Representatives from to He was born in what is now Ste. Genevieve, Missouri then in Louisiana Territory. Self-educated, he moved to Illinois in , settled in Galena, and was employed there in various capacities in his father's lead mines. He served in the Black Hawk War and other Indian wars. In , he moved to what is now Burlington, Iowa then in Wisconsin Territory , where he served as register of the land office until House would become vacant on October 27, , and Dodge A prominent and well-known settler in the Iowa Territory, he was one of the earliest settlers in Rock Island.
He spent much of his life involved in the early settlement of the Mississippi Valley and the "Quad Cities". The present-day city of Davenport, Iowa, is named after him. During the next several years, he visited ports in the Baltic as well as in France, Spain, and Portugal. In the fall of , shortly after arriving with a cargo from Liverpool, Davenport was arrested with the rest of his crew while in port at St. For a list exclusively of currently commissioned ships, see the list of US Navy ships currently in commission.
For ships with unique names, "USS Shipname" redirects to the ship article. For reused names, "USS Shipname" is an index page for the ships of that name; the links after the name lead to the specific ship pages. James Semple January 5, — December 20, was an American attorney and politician.
He served in the Kentucky Militia during the War of and then moved to Missouri, where he was active in the militia and owned and operated several businesses. He later studied law in Missouri and Kentucky, attained admission to the bar, and moved to Edwardsville, Illinois to start a practice.
He became active in politics as a Democrat, but was opposed to slavery, and he served in the Illinois House of Representatives from to He continued his militia service after moving to Illinois, and took part in the Black Hawk War. After service as Illinois Attorney General from to , Map of Iowa, with the Black Hawk Purchase shown on the right, in yellow. It was fifty miles wide at the ends, and forty in the middle, and is sometimes called the "Forty-Mile Strip".
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After being defeated the Sauk and Mesquakie were forced to relinquish another 2. The Black Hawk Purchase contained an area of 6 mill Ebenezer Brigham April 28, — September 14, was a 19th-century American pioneer, businessman and politician. He was one of the first Americans to explore southwestern Wisconsin and the first permanent settler in present-day Dane County, Wisconsin. A militia officer during the Black Hawk War, he served as commander of Fort Blue Mounds or Mound Fort and was active in both the Wisconsin territorial council, and the Wisconsin State Assembly during the s and s.
He walked the rest of the way, arriving in St. Working as a prospector, he followed the Mississippi River by horseback and stayed at Galena in One of the earliest visitors to the area, he helped miner James Johnson build one of two log cabins at the camp. Warrior was a privately owned and constructed steamboat that was pressed into service by the U.
Warrior was constructed and launched in at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by Joseph Throckmorton who also served as the vessel's captain.
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Once constructed the vessel traveled to St. Louis and into the war zone. Warrior played a key role in the decisive Battle of Bad Axe. Following the war the steamboat continued its service under Throckmorton along the Upper Mississippi River. Launching The steamboat Warrior was both privately built and owned. Photograph of painting of Joseph Throckmorton Joseph Throckmorton June 16, — December was an American steamboat builder and captain during the 19th century.
He was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey and first worked in a mercantile business.