FORTS OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR 1832

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

FORTS DURING THE BLACK HAWK WAR

FORTS DURING THE BLACK HAWK WAR

SETTLER FORTS Present-day Location

Apple River Fort Elizabeth, Il.
Blockhouse at Galena Galena, Il.
Buffalo Grove Fort Polo, Il.
Butler’s Fort Monmouth, Il.
Crane’s Fort Lanark, Il
De Seelhorst’s Fort Elk Grove, Wisc.
DesPlaines River Fort (also
known as Orr’s Blockhouse West Joliet, Il
Fort Beggs (also know as Fort
Walker) Plainfield, Il
Fort Blue Mounds Blue Mounds
Fort Defiance Willow Springs Township, Wisc.
Fort Defiance (Ill.) Edelstein, Il.
Fort Gratiot Gratiot, Wisc.
Fort Hamilton Wiota, Wisc
Fort Jackson Mineral Point Wisc.
Fort Payne Naperville, Il
Fort Union Dodgeville, Wisc.
Funk’s Fort Monticello, Wisc
Gum’s Fort Galesburg, Il
Parrish’s Fort Wingville Township, Wisc.
Pence’s Fort Oquawka, Il.
Plum River Fort Savanna, Il.
Fort at Cassville Cassville, Wisc
Fort at Diamond Grove Diamond Grove, Wisc
Fort at Hennepin Hennepin, Il.
Fort at New Diggings New Diggings, Wisc
Fort at Platteville Platteville, Wisc.
Fort at Schullsburg Shullsburg, Wisc.
Fort at Sinsinawa Mound Sensinawa, Wisc
Fort at White Oak Springs White Oak Springs, Wisc

VOLUNTEER FORTS
Fort Johnson Ottawa, Il
Fort Wilbourn LaSalle, Il.
Fort at Kellogg’s Grove Kent, Il

FEDERAL FORTS (Permanent)
Fort Armstrong Rock Island, Il
Fort Brady Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Fort Crawford Prairie du Chien, Wisc
Fort Dearborn Chicago, Il
Fort Howard Green Bay, Wisc
Fort Mackinac Mackinac Island, Mich
Fort Snelling Minneapolis, Minn
Fort Winnebago Portage, Wisc
Jefferson Barracks St Louis, Mo

FEDERAL FORTS (Temporary)
Fort at Dixon’s Ferry Dixon, Il
Fort Koshkonong Fort Atkinson, Wisc.


(from: "The Black Hawk War Of 1832",
Patrick J. Jung, Univ. Of Oklahoma Press)

 

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