GDG- Brave Sangamo hath arm'd

[Dennis Lawrence]

April 23, 1832-April 26, 1832.
Beardstown, IL.


Lincoln and other captains hold light drills. On 25th, Lincoln draws from 
Brigade Quartermaster William Thomas corn, pork, salt, one barrel of flour, 
and five and a half gallons of whiskey. Next day he draws fifty pounds of 
lead.Quartermaster's Record, Black Hawk War Collection, Abraham Lincoln 
Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL.

[Sangamo Journal, April 26, 1832, bursts into poetry: Brave Sangamo hath 
arm'd All to defend her right Arouse ye bold Kentucky boys The foremost in 
the fight Away! away! away!

Two Sauk messengers sent by Gen. Atkinson return from Black Hawk's camp and 
report that Black Hawk and chiefs of band say they have "no bad 
intentions," but will not return to west side of Mississippi.
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When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school
It's a wonder that I can think at all.
Paul Simon