Battle of Horseshoe Bend (Bloody Lake)
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| Battle of Horshoe Bend | |||||||
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| Part of Black Hawk War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| United States | Sauk band | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Henry Dodge | Black Hawk | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 21 | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 3 | 17 | ||||||
| Black Hawk War of 1832 |
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| Stillman's Run – Old Man Creek – Buffalo Grove – Indian Creek – St. Vrain – Spafford Farm – Bloody Lake – Kellogg's Grove – Yellow River – Apple River Fort – Wisconsin Heights – Bad Axe |
The Battle of Horshoe Bend also referred to as the battle of Bloody Lake, was fought at a pond formed by the Pecatonica rive at “Horseshoe Bend”. Three Militia volunteers are killed in the action, and a fourth seriously injured. The battlefield of Bloody Lake is now a campground located within a county park of Lafayette county Wisconsin.
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