Good morning.
Whitewater’s Saturday will be a hot day, with a high of ninety-four, with a 20% chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Winds will be five to ten miles per hour, from the west.
On this day in 1861, the First Battle of Bull Run was fought in northern Virginia:
The Wisconsin Historical Society records that a generation earlier, in 1832, the Gen. Dodge and Black Hawk fought:
1832 – Battle of Wisconsin Heights
On July 21, 1832, soldiers led by Colonel Henry Dodge caught up with Black Hawk near the Wisconsin River, outside present-day Sauk City. Black Hawk commanded only a small group of warriors from atop a hill, while Dodge pursued with a much stronger force of militia. Although greatly outnumbered, Sauk warriors turned the attack on American troops, allowing the Indian women and children to flee across the Wisconsin River. Black Hawk and his men were forced to retreat to the river, but night was falling so Dodge decided to continue the battle in the morning. But when the American troops went after the Sauk Indians the next day, the Sauk had crossed the river and disappeared. One American was killed and eight wounded while at least 50 Indians were killed and another 80 wounded. You can read accounts of this battle by both Black Hawk and Henry Dodge at our site for teachers and students. [Source: Along the Black Hawk Trial by William F. Stark, p. 124-128]
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