Elizabeth Armstrong (mai zama)

**Elizabeth Armstrong** ( *wadda aka haifa a* shekara ta **1798** ; 21 ga Oktoba, 1798 - 13 ga Nuwamba, 1857) Ba’amurke ce da ta sami mafaka ta wucin gadi a sansanin sojojin ruwa na Apple River tare da mijinta, John, da kuma ‘ya’yanta biyu a lokacin Yaƙin Black Hawk na 1832. An yaba mata saboda jarumtakarta a lokacin Yaƙin sansanin sojojin ruwa na Apple River .

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Elizabeth Armstrong a ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 1798, a gundumar Bourbon, Kentucky . Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haihuwarta, iyalanta suka yi ƙaura zuwa Missouri ta Sipaniya. Mahaifinta ya zama ɗan ƙasar Sipaniya kuma an ba shi tallafin fili a gundumar Lincoln ta yanzu, Missouri . A shekara ta 1817, Elizabeth, mai shekaru 19, ta auri John Armstrong.  Ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya biyu, David da Catherine. A kusan shekara ta 1827, iyalan Armstrong sun ƙaura zuwa gundumar Jo Daviess, Illinois suka zauna a kudu da Faɗuwar Kogin Apple a cikin garin Hanover na yanzu. A ƙarshen watan Mayu, a lokacin Yaƙin Black Hawk na 1832, iyalan Armstrong sun nemi kariya a sabon sansanin Apple River.

## Yaƙin Black Hawk
A ranar 24 ga Yuni, 1832 da rana, Yaƙin Black Hawk ya zo sansanin Apple River. Akwai 'yan bindiga 28 &#x2013; 30 dauke da makamai da fararen hula a cikin sansanin Apple River a lokacin harin. Wasu mata, yara, da jarirai 40 sun nemi kariya a sansanin. Kyaftin Clack Stone ya jagoranci rundunar 'yan bindiga a sansanin, wasu daga cikinsu ba su halarci yakin ba.  

Yayin da ƙungiyar yaƙi mai ƙarfi 200 ta Black Hawk ta mamaye sansanin, mazauna yankin sun gudu don neman mafaka a cikin sansanin yayin da maza da samari – suka tsaya a wuraren da aka yanke tsakanin sansanonin. An yi mummunan faɗa da wuta, wanda ya haɗa da kusan 150 daga cikin ƙungiyar yaƙi ta Black Hawk. [1] [2] Yaƙin ya ɗauki kimanin awa ɗaya da manyan bindigogi daga ɓangarorin biyu. [3] A farkon yaƙin, yawancin matan yankin sun taru a ƙananan ƙungiyoyi da suka firgita, amma Armstrong da sauran matan aure sun tattara matasa mata, maza, da 'yan mata don tallafawa sojoji. Ta ba su ayyuka kamar ƙera sabbin ƙwallan bindiga, birgima harsashin bindiga, da sake cika makamai, yayin da sojoji ke ƙoƙarin ci gaba da yaɗa harbe-harben bindiga akai-akai. [4] [3]

## Gado
An yaba wa Elizabeth Armstrong a matsayin jaruma saboda ayyukanta a lokacin yaƙin, inda ta nuna irin jarumtakar da sojojin Illinois suka rasa a lokacin farkon Yaƙin Black Hawk.  Ayyukanta, a wani ɓangare, sun taimaka wa Black Hawk ganin cewa an kare sansanin Apple River Fort sosai. Lokaci ya yi kafin mazauna yankin su fahimci cewa Black Hawk, da kansa ne ya jagoranci harin.  A baya, akwai ɗan rudani game da sunan matar da ta jagoranci ƙungiya a sansanin Apple River; wani tarin 1900 daga ƙungiyar Tarihi ta Wisconsin ya bayyana ta a matsayin "Mrs. Graham."  Wannan majiyar ta bayyana cewa Armstrong yana "zagi da zagi kamar ɗan fashin teku" a duk lokacin yaƙin; har ma ƙungiyar Black Hawk ta yi ikirarin jin ta.  Wannan tarin ya bayyana irin wannan aikin a matsayin "ƙazanta" kuma "babban koma-baya akan yabonta."  Wani rahoto na jarida a Galena, Illinois ya bayyana ayyukan Armstrong a yakin sansanin Apple River.  "Elizabeth Armstrong ta ɗauki nauyin ayyukan mata kuma ta kafa misali mai kyau da jarumtaka."  Tun daga shekarun 1930, an yi kuskuren cewa Armstrong shine sunan ƙauyen Elizabeth, IL . Wannan girmamawa ta tafi ga wani "Elizabeth" a Tudun Ruwa na Apple : Elizabeth Winters. 

Armstrong ta mutu a shekarar 1857 a Hanover, Illinois . An binne ta da mijinta a Makabartar Lost Mound da ke garin Hanover .

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