Battle of Wisconsin Heights

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Wisconsin Heights was an 1832 engagement in present-day Wisconsin during the Black Hawk War, where U.S. militia forces clashed with Black Hawk’s band of Sauk and Fox warriors as they attempted to retreat across the Wisconsin River.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Wisconsin Heights (Black Hawk War)	1
Battle of Wisconsin River (skirmishes)	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Wisconsin Heights ⓘ surface form: Battle of Wisconsin Heights (Black Hawk War)
associatedWith	Black Hawk ⓘ Henry Dodge ⓘ James D. Henry ⓘ
belligerent	Fox ⓘ Sauk ⓘ United States Infantry ⓘ surface form: United States Army regulars United States militia forces ⓘ surface form: United States militia
campaign	Black Hawk War ⓘ surface form: Black Hawk’s 1832 campaign
combatantStrength	several hundred U.S. militia and regulars ⓘ smaller force of Sauk and Fox warriors ⓘ
commander	Henry Dodge ⓘ James D. Henry ⓘ
conflict	Black Hawk War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1832-07-21 ⓘ
followedBy	Bad Axe Massacre ⓘ
hasCategory	Battles involving Native Americans ⓘ Battles involving the United States ⓘ Battles of the Black Hawk War ⓘ Conflicts in 1832 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion	Old West ⓘ surface form: American frontier
involved	Sauk people ⓘ surface form: Black Hawk’s band Sauk and Fox warriors ⓘ
location	Wisconsin ⓘ surface form: Wisconsin Territory near present-day Sauk City, Wisconsin ⓘ
notableFor	allowing most of Black Hawk’s noncombatants to escape across the Wisconsin River ⓘ
opposingCommander	Black Hawk ⓘ
partOf	United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: American Indian Wars Black Hawk War ⓘ United States–Native American wars ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Wisconsin Heights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Wisconsin River (skirmishes)
purposeOfRetreat	to cross the Wisconsin River ⓘ
result	United States victory ⓘ
riverNearby	Wisconsin River ⓘ
stateToday	Wisconsin ⓘ
typeOfAction	rear-guard action ⓘ
year	1832 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Wisconsin Heights → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Wisconsin Heights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Wisconsin Heights (Black Hawk War)

Black Hawk War → battle → Battle of Wisconsin Heights ⓘ

Black Hawk → notableBattle → Battle of Wisconsin Heights ⓘ

Battle of Bad Axe → precededBy → Battle of Wisconsin Heights ⓘ

Battle of Wisconsin Heights → precededBy → Battle of Wisconsin Heights self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Wisconsin River (skirmishes)