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12 BLACK HAWK'S ROUTE THROUGH WISCONSIN
The best sources of data on the trail are the accounts by participants in the campaign, written during and after the war, and of these The Journal of Al¬ bert Sidney Johnston is the most valuable, Johnston, a regular army officer who was later killed while commanding the Confederate forces at Shiloh, served as adjutant on the staff of General Atkinson, By virtue of his position Johnston had access to all information available to the troops, and his brief daily en¬ tries represent the most trustworthy account of the campaign.
Among those who later recorded their experiences were Black Hawk, John A,
Wakefield, D. M. and Peter Parkinson Jr., Henry Smith, Phillip St, George Cooke,
/ and John Reynolds, governcr of Illinois. Of this gro^ip of writings the work by
Wakefield is the most valuable for the purpose of this study, and that by Black Hawk the least so. The former is a full-length history of the war by a partici¬ pant who served with the volunteers from the lead mine region of southwestern Wisconsin under Colonel Henry Dodge. Black Hawk's Autobicgraphy contains virtu¬ ally nothing pertaining to the trail. The Parkinsons served under Dodge; Cooke and Smith served with the regulars; and Reynolds accompanied the troops as far as the site of Fort Atkinson in his capacity of coTimiander-in-chief of the Illinois militia. Each of these supplied details not found elsewhere.
Official correspondence, staff records, and reports produced during the campaign constitute another group of valuable sources. The most complete collec¬ tions of such records are those in the National Archives and in the Black Hawk War Papers in the possession of the Illinois Historical Society. The latter organization is particularly rich in documents relating to the role of the Illi¬ nois militia which made up the great majority of Atkinson's force. At the State K:i storical Society of Wisconsin are photostatic copies of contemporary records of the Indian Office and other federal agencies.
Object Description
| Page Title | Black Hawk's route through Wisconsin : report of an investigation made by authority of the Legislature of Wisconsin |
| Author | Hagan, William Thomas |
| Place of Publication | Madison |
| Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Source Creation Date | 1949 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
| Digital Identifier | TP487000 |
| Description | This mimeographed pamphlet resulted from a request by the Wisconsin legislature in 1945 that the route of Black Hawk through the state during the summer of 1832 should be identified by a capable scholar. Its author, William T. Hagan, was working on his Ph.D. dissertation about the Sauk and Fox Indians at the time; he went on to distinguished careers as a historian of Indian-U.S. relations at North Texas State University (1950-65), the State Univ. College, Fredonia, New York (1965-88) and the University of Oklahoma (1989-95). This little monograph examines the firsthand evidence of Black Hawk's retreat from Beloit, across south-central Wisconsin, to the final massacre at Bad Axe, in Vernon County. Although not a primary source itself, it excerpts and summarizes the most important eyewitness accounts of Black Hawk's movements in Wisconsin and its map (following page 16) provides a convenient overview of the geography of the war in Wisconsin. |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Recommended Citation | Hagan, William Thomas. Black Hawk's Route through Wisconsin: report of an investigation made by authority of the Legislature of Wisconsin. (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1949). Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1692 |
| Document Number | TP487 |
| Size | 35 p. : map ; 28 cm. |
| URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1692 |
| Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection |
| Owner Object ID | 93- 133 |
| Genre | government report |
| County | Columbia County; Crawford County; Dane County; Dodge County; Iowa County; Jefferson County; Richland County; Rock County; Sauk County; Vernon County; |
| State/Province | Wisconsin; |
| Race and Ethnicity | Native Americans; |
| Sub-Topic | The Black Hawk War |
| Event Date | 1832-04; 1832-05; 1832-06; 1832-07; 1832-08 |
| Event Years | 1832 |
| Event Month | April; May; June; July; August |
| War | Black Hawk War, 1832; |
| Indian Tribe | Fox; Ho-Chunk; Menominee; Sauk |
| Type | Text |
Description
| Page Title | 12 |
| Author | Hagan, William Thomas |
| Place of Publication | Madison |
| Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Source Creation Date | 1949 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
| Digital Identifier | TP487015 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Format | Text |
| Size | 35 p. : map ; 28 cm. |
| Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection |
| Owner Object ID | 93- 133 |
| Full Text | 12 BLACK HAWK'S ROUTE THROUGH WISCONSIN The best sources of data on the trail are the accounts by participants in the campaign, written during and after the war, and of these The Journal of Al¬ bert Sidney Johnston is the most valuable, Johnston, a regular army officer who was later killed while commanding the Confederate forces at Shiloh, served as adjutant on the staff of General Atkinson, By virtue of his position Johnston had access to all information available to the troops, and his brief daily en¬ tries represent the most trustworthy account of the campaign. Among those who later recorded their experiences were Black Hawk, John A, Wakefield, D. M. and Peter Parkinson Jr., Henry Smith, Phillip St, George Cooke, / and John Reynolds, governcr of Illinois. Of this gro^ip of writings the work by Wakefield is the most valuable for the purpose of this study, and that by Black Hawk the least so. The former is a full-length history of the war by a partici¬ pant who served with the volunteers from the lead mine region of southwestern Wisconsin under Colonel Henry Dodge. Black Hawk's Autobicgraphy contains virtu¬ ally nothing pertaining to the trail. The Parkinsons served under Dodge; Cooke and Smith served with the regulars; and Reynolds accompanied the troops as far as the site of Fort Atkinson in his capacity of coTimiander-in-chief of the Illinois militia. Each of these supplied details not found elsewhere. Official correspondence, staff records, and reports produced during the campaign constitute another group of valuable sources. The most complete collec¬ tions of such records are those in the National Archives and in the Black Hawk War Papers in the possession of the Illinois Historical Society. The latter organization is particularly rich in documents relating to the role of the Illi¬ nois militia which made up the great majority of Atkinson's force. At the State K:i storical Society of Wisconsin are photostatic copies of contemporary records of the Indian Office and other federal agencies. |
| Type | Text |