Tragedy of War Historical Marker
N 43° 04.533 W 089° 22.607
16T E 306506 N 4771946
Tragedy of War Historical Marker at 415 E. Wilson St in Madison, WI
Waymark Code: WM205Y
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2007
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“On July 21, 1832, during the Black Hawk War, the U.S. Militia “passed through the narrows of the four lakes,” Madison’s Isthmus, in pursuit of Sac Indian leader Black Hawk and his band. Near this location, the Militia shot and scalped an old Sac warrior awaiting his death upon his wife’s freshly dug grave.
Erected 1998”
County: Dane
Location: Park
MarkerID: 396
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