Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Battle of Apple River Fort, occurred on the late afternoon of June 24, 1832 at the Apple River Fort, in present-day Elizabeth, Illinois, when Black Hawk and his \"British Band\" of Sauk and Fox stumbled across a group of four messengers en route from Galena, Illinois. The small group of militia at the fort, led by Captain Clack Stone, fought off Black Hawk's 150-man war party in an action that lasted about an hour. The withering pace of the gunfire eventually convinced Black Hawk that the fort was too heavily defended to lead a direct attack, and he and his band of warriors retreated.After the battle, certain individuals were honored above the others for their bravery in assisting the numerically inferior force. Elizabeth Armstrong rallied the settlement's women, who had taken shelter inside the fort, to mold musket balls and reload weapons so that the militia could keep up with the pace of the battle. Fred Dixon rode ahead to warn some 40 settlers of the approaching Sauk and Fox, thus saving their lives. Though the fort was torn down around 1847, a replica was built in its place and still stands in Elizabeth. George Herclerode was the only fatality inside the fort."@en }
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- Battle_of_Apple_River_Fort abstract "The Battle of Apple River Fort, occurred on the late afternoon of June 24, 1832 at the Apple River Fort, in present-day Elizabeth, Illinois, when Black Hawk and his \"British Band\" of Sauk and Fox stumbled across a group of four messengers en route from Galena, Illinois. The small group of militia at the fort, led by Captain Clack Stone, fought off Black Hawk's 150-man war party in an action that lasted about an hour. The withering pace of the gunfire eventually convinced Black Hawk that the fort was too heavily defended to lead a direct attack, and he and his band of warriors retreated.After the battle, certain individuals were honored above the others for their bravery in assisting the numerically inferior force. Elizabeth Armstrong rallied the settlement's women, who had taken shelter inside the fort, to mold musket balls and reload weapons so that the militia could keep up with the pace of the battle. Fred Dixon rode ahead to warn some 40 settlers of the approaching Sauk and Fox, thus saving their lives. Though the fort was torn down around 1847, a replica was built in its place and still stands in Elizabeth. George Herclerode was the only fatality inside the fort.".