Title: Wakefield's History of the Black Hawk war
First published: 1908
Description: Author John Wakefield had served as a scout during the War of 1812 while a teenager. He subsequently trained as a medical doctor and then as a lawyer, and in the 1820s was a politician in Illinois. He enlisted in the army at the beginning of the Black Hawk War, serving first as a surgeon, then as a scout. He kept a daily journal throughout the campaign, and immediately afterward drew upon that journal to write this history.
Subjects: Black Hawk War, 1832, Black Hawk, Guerre de, 1832
Places: Wisconsin, Illinois
Time periods: 1830s
LC classification: E83.83 .W15