Buffalo Grove Massacre
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| Buffalo Grove Ambush | |||||||
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| Part of Black Hawk War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| United States | Sauk & Fox tribes | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Henry Atkinson James Strode |
Black Hawk | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6 | Not known | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 1 | Not known | ||||||
| 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 |
A six man detail carrying despatches from Colonel James M. Strode at Galena to General Henry Atkinson at Dixons Ferry was ambushed on the Galena road. Sergent William Durley was killed and burried near the site of the ambush.
| Listed casualties from monument (US Militia) |
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| Sergeant William Durley |
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