Stillman's Run Battle Site

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Stillman's Run Battle Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The tombstones of the fallen are part of the memorial at the site of the Battle of Stillman's Run.
Location:	Stillman Valley, Ogle County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates:	42°6′21″N 89°10′48″W / 42.10583, -89.18Coordinates: 42°6′21″N 89°10′48″W / 42.10583, -89.18
Added to NRHP:	December 8, 1983[1]
NRHP Reference#:	83003587

Stillman's Run Battle Site is a site in Stillman Valley, Illinois. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been since December 1983. The battle site is among numerous Ogle County Registered Historic Places, although the only one in Stillman Valley. The Battle of Stillman's Run was an 1832 clash between the Illinois militia and Black Hawk and his Sauk Indian Band. The battle took place in 1832 as part of the Black Hawk War.

[edit] Soldiers buried

Listed casualties from monument (US Militia)
Captain John Giles Adams
Sergt John Walters
Corp’l Bird W. Ellis
Corp’l James Milton
Private Isaac Perkins
Private Joseph Draper
Private David Kreeps
Private Zadock Mendinall
Private Tyrus M. Childs
Private Joseph B. Farris
Private James Doty
Scout Gideon Munson

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v • d • e Black Hawk War (1832) Factions British Band • Fox • Ho-Chunk • Illinois Militia • Kickapoo • Menominee • Michigan Territorial Militia • Potawatomi • Sauk • United States Army People John Giles Adams • Milton Alexander • Henry Apple • Elizabeth Armstrong • Henry Atkinson • David Bailey • Black Hawk • Hugh Brady • Jesse B. Brown • George Davenport • Jefferson Davis • John Dement • Henry Dodge • Mike Girty • Henry Gratiot • Rachel Hall • Sylvia Hall • William S. Hamilton • James D. Henry • George W. Jones • Keewassee • Keokuk • Abraham Lincoln • Meommuse • Neapope • Adam Payne • Elijah Phillips • Alexander Posey • James Sample • Lucy Sample • Winfield Scott • Shabbona • Adam Wilson Snyder • James W. Stephenson • Isaiah Stillman • Clack Stone • Joseph M. Street • James M. Strode • Felix St. Vrain • Joseph Throckmorton • Zachary Taylor • Wabokieshiek • Waubonsee • Weesheet • Samuel Whiteside • Places Illinois: Apple River Fort • Buffalo Grove • Dixon's Ferry • Fort Armstrong • Fort Beggs • Galena • Indian Creek • Kellogg's Grove • Plum River • Saukenuk • Stillman Creek • Stillman's Run Battle Site • Waddams Grove • Yellow Creek Michigan Territory (Wisconsin): Bad Axe River • Fort Blue Mounds • Fort Crawford • Fort Defiance • Fort Hamilton • Fort Jackson • Fort Koshkonong • Fort Union • Gratiot's Grove • Hamilton's Diggings • Pecatonica River • Sinsinawa Mound • Wisconsin Heights Battlefield • Wisconsin River • Engagements Minor engagements • Battle of Stillman's Run • Buffalo Grove ambush • Plum River raid • Indian Creek massacre • St. Vrain massacre • Attacks at Fort Blue Mounds • Spafford Farm massacre • Battle of Horseshoe Bend • Battle of Waddams Grove • Battle of Kellogg's Grove • Attack at Ament's Cabin • Battle of Apple River Fort • Sinsinawa Mound raid • Battle of Wisconsin Heights • Battle of Bad Axe Other topics Black Hawk Purchase • Black Hawk Tree • Keokuk's Reserve • Neutral Ground • Warrior