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1832 boyd papers 287 to governor porter indian agency office aug 13th 1832 11 o'c p m mond night sir — since closing my letter to your excy of yesterday news has reached us from fort winnebago of a decisive battle having been fought about the 1st instant between general atkinson & black hawk below is the detail given in a communication from capt plymton,1 to capt clarke commanding fort howard h qrs ft winnebago augt 9th 1882 3 mr rolette 2 arrived last evening from prairie du chien and gives us the news of a decisive battle having taken place about 30 miles up the mississippi between general atkinson and black hawk last thursday this day week it appears that general a with the main body of his army pursued the inds on their trail at the same time a detach ment on board of a steam boat 3 was plying up and down the mississippi i suppose where they expected the indians would come upon the river to cross a sioux ind spoke them and informed them that the sacs were just be low the boat immediately put about ran down and on arriving opposite where black hawk was reported to be he came out with a number of canoes with a white flag hoisted it was supposed to surrender but lieuts holmes & kingsbury4 it appears were in command of the detach 1 joseph c plympton captain of the 5th infantry born in massachu setts entered the army as 2d lieut 4th inf jan 3 1812 1st lieut july 31 1813 transferred to 5th inf may 17 1815 captain june 1 1821 major 2dinf sept 22 1840 lieut col 7th inf sept 9 1846 colonel 1st inf june 9 1853 died june 5 1860 brevet major june 1 1831 for ten years ac tive service in one grade brevet colonel april 18 1847 for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of cerro gordo — ed 2 joseph rolette see wis hist coll ix 293-296 465-467 ed 3 the warrior ed 4theophilus h holmes then 2d lieut of the 7th inf who was brevetted major sept 23 1846 for gallant conduct at monterey and james w kingsbury then 1st lieut of the 1st inf and in 1837 becoming captain their conduct on this occasion was contemptible nothing could be more unsoldierly than firing on the bearers of a flag of truce and refusing quar
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | xix, 498 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume XII (1892) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1892 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvXII0000 |
| Description | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 12, includes the following articles: Lyman Copeland Draper, a memoir; Papers from the Canadian Archives, 1767-1814; Robert Dickson, the Indian trader, by Ernest Alexander Cruikshank; American Fur Company employees, 1818-19; McCall's journal of a visit to Wisconsin in 1839; Documents illustrating McCall's journal; The story of the Black Hawk War; Papers of Indian Agent Boyd, 1832; How Wisconsin came by its large German element, by Kate Asaphine Everest; The planting of the Swiss colony at New Glarus, Wis., by John Luchsinger; A rare Wisconsin book, by Theodore Lee Cole; Geographical names in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan having a Chippewa origin, by Chrysostom Verwyst; The Wisconsin Winnebagoes, an interview with Moses Paquette; Missions on Chequamegon Bay, by John Nelson Davidson; and Early schools in Green Bay, 1818-32. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume XII (1892) |
| Volume | Vol. 12 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; v. 12 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | 287 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1892 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvXII0321 |
| Volume | Vol. 12 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; v. 12 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| Full Text | 1832 boyd papers 287 to governor porter indian agency office aug 13th 1832 11 o'c p m mond night sir — since closing my letter to your excy of yesterday news has reached us from fort winnebago of a decisive battle having been fought about the 1st instant between general atkinson & black hawk below is the detail given in a communication from capt plymton,1 to capt clarke commanding fort howard h qrs ft winnebago augt 9th 1882 3 mr rolette 2 arrived last evening from prairie du chien and gives us the news of a decisive battle having taken place about 30 miles up the mississippi between general atkinson and black hawk last thursday this day week it appears that general a with the main body of his army pursued the inds on their trail at the same time a detach ment on board of a steam boat 3 was plying up and down the mississippi i suppose where they expected the indians would come upon the river to cross a sioux ind spoke them and informed them that the sacs were just be low the boat immediately put about ran down and on arriving opposite where black hawk was reported to be he came out with a number of canoes with a white flag hoisted it was supposed to surrender but lieuts holmes & kingsbury4 it appears were in command of the detach 1 joseph c plympton captain of the 5th infantry born in massachu setts entered the army as 2d lieut 4th inf jan 3 1812 1st lieut july 31 1813 transferred to 5th inf may 17 1815 captain june 1 1821 major 2dinf sept 22 1840 lieut col 7th inf sept 9 1846 colonel 1st inf june 9 1853 died june 5 1860 brevet major june 1 1831 for ten years ac tive service in one grade brevet colonel april 18 1847 for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of cerro gordo — ed 2 joseph rolette see wis hist coll ix 293-296 465-467 ed 3 the warrior ed 4theophilus h holmes then 2d lieut of the 7th inf who was brevetted major sept 23 1846 for gallant conduct at monterey and james w kingsbury then 1st lieut of the 1st inf and in 1837 becoming captain their conduct on this occasion was contemptible nothing could be more unsoldierly than firing on the bearers of a flag of truce and refusing quar |