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  2. Wisconsin Heights Battlefield - Wikipedia

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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 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.

  3. Battle of Wisconsin Heights - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Wisconsin Heights was the penultimate engagement of the 1832 Black Hawk War, fought between the United States state militia and allies, and the Sauk and Fox tribes, led by Black Hawk. The battle took place in what is now Dane County , near present-day Sauk City, Wisconsin .

  4. Black Hawk (Sauk leader) - Wikipedia

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    Blackhawk Country Club, a private golf club in Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin is named for Black Hawk. [64] The athletic teams of Prairie du Chien High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin are nicknamed the Blackhawks in his honor. [65] The athletic teams of Fort Atkinson High School, Wisconsin are named "Blackhawks" for Black Hawk. [66]

  5. Black Hawk War - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Black Hawk, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    Black Hawk is an unincorporated community in the town of Troy, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. Black Hawk is located on County Highway C 5.9 miles (9.5 km) east of Plain . [ 2 ]

  7. 86th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 86th Infantry Division, also known as the Blackhawk Division, was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II.Currently called the 86th Training Division, based at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, members of the division now work with Active Army, Reserve, and National Guard units to provide them with a Decisive Action Training Environment on a yearly basis.

  8. Battle of Bad Axe - Wikipedia

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    The Bad Axe Massacre was a massacre of Sauk (Sac) and Meskwaki (Fox) Native Americans by United States Army regulars and militia that occurred on August 1–2, 1832. This final scene of the Black Hawk War took place near present-day Victory, Wisconsin, in the United States.

  9. Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk War - Wikipedia

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    A number of other engagements followed, and the state militias of Wisconsin and Illinois were mobilized to hunt down Black Hawk's band. 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.