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Lincoln in the Black Hawk War

CITY:

Dixon

COUNTY:

Lee

DEDICATED BY:

State of Illinois

DEDICATION DATE:

January 1, 1953 at 6:00:00 AM

The marker is located east of Dixon, on Franklin Grove Road, directly to the east of the south entrance to Oakwood Cemetery, off of IL Route 38, and directly to the west of Immanuel Lutheran Church.

On May 12, 1832 Captain Abraham Lincoln’s company of Illinois volunteers camped one mile west. Lincoln re-enlisted in two other companies and was frequently in Dixon. Discharged from service near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, on July 10, Lincoln passed through Dixon en route to New Salem.

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