Black Hawk War
Battle Bluff · Battle Hollow · Battle Island
Battle Bluff ? Elv 1139ft
Battle Hollow ?
Severe fighting 1 mile east between Gen. Henry's 300 Ill. militia and 300 Sac Indians Aug. 2 1832.
? Battle Island
Hard fighting opposite. 1200 white soldiers engaged. 17 killed. 12 wounded of Indians. 150 shot, 150 drowned, 50 taken prisoners. 300 crossed river of whom 150 were killed by Sioux instigated by Gen. Atkinson. Of the 1000 Sacs who crossed the river from Iowa in April 1832, "not more than 150 survived to tell the tragic story of the Black Hawk War."
R.G. Thwaites
No. 8 CVP 1930 S
Marker is on Great River Road (State Highway 35) 2.5 miles north of Main Street (State Highway 82), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
