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Pages in category "American people of the Black Hawk War" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Black Hawk War, or Black Hawk's War, is the name of the estimated 150 battles, skirmishes, raids, and military engagements taking place from 1865 to 1872, primarily between Mormon settlers in Sanpete County, Sevier County and other parts of central and southern Utah, and members of 16 Ute, Southern Paiute, Apache and Navajo tribes, led by a local Ute war chief, Antonga Black Hawk. [1]
The Black Hawk War was a conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis (Fox), and Kickapoos, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, to the U.S. state of Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832.
The conflict became known as the Black Hawk War. At the time of Black Hawk's incursion into Illinois, Lincoln was living in New Salem, where he had lived for two years. Prior to the Black Hawk War, in March 1832, Lincoln announced his candidacy for the Illinois House of Representatives, but the election was several months away. [8]
Major USA, Colonel CSA; Black Hawk War, 2nd Seminole War and Mexican–American War; served as the only Colonel-Commandant of the Confederate States Marine Corps William C. Heyward: 1830 2nd Lieutenant USA, Colonel CSA; his plantation was destroyed during the Raid at Combahee Ferry, commanded the 11th South Carolina Infantry
The "United States Regiment of Dragoons" was organized by an Act of Congress approved on 2 March 1833 after the disbandment of the "Battalion of Mounted Rangers" (formed in 1832 due to a lack of mounted units to patrol the frontier and also in response to the Black Hawk War). The first order announcing appointments in the regiment was dated 5 ...
Black Hawk War: Native Victory 1+ United States vs Kickapoo: St. Vrain Massacre: May 19, 1832 Near present-day Pearl City, Illinois: Black Hawk War: Native Victory 4 United States vs Ho-Chunk or Sauk and Fox: Plum River raid: May 21, 1832 Near present-day Savanna, Illinois: Black Hawk War: 0 United States vs Sauk or Fox: Battle of Kellogg's ...
The war leader preserved the certificate for 20 years; it was found by U.S. forces after the Battle of Bad Axe, along with a flag similar in description to that which Dickson gave to Black Hawk. [7] During the war, Black Hawk and Native warriors fought in several engagements alongside Major-General Henry Procter on the borders of Lake Erie. [8]
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