| Monday,
April 30, 1832.En route to
Yellow Banks, IL. |
According to Orville H. Browning, volunteers move to new camp four miles north
of Rushville, day's march being seven miles.Stevens, Black
Hawk War, 117-18. William Carpenter of
Sangamon County reports day's march as three miles and camp as Rushville.
Elliott,
Services of Illinois
Soldiers, xvii. Gen. Whiteside orders that
"there is to be no firing of guns in the lines or encampment without
permission." Lincoln's company is made part of Fourth Illinois Regiment of
Mounted Volunteers, commanded by Col. Samuel M. Thompson, in brigade of Brig.
Gen. Samuel Whiteside. Col. Thompson began his services as first lieutenant in
Lincoln's company.David Prickett to editor,
Illinois Herald, Springfield, 3 May 1832;
Reynolds Order and Letter Book, Black Hawk War
Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield,
IL. |