The Kellogg Trail was the major wagon route between Galena and Peoria for many years. The wooded area along that trail known as Kellogg’s Grove became a point of conflict during the war because the Illinois militia used the cabins there to store supplies. On June 24, 1832, Black Hawk’s men unsuccessfully attacked Apple River Fort ( in nearby Elizabeth) but then turned their attention on Kellogg’s Grove. The last action to the war fought on Illinois soil occurred on June 25, 1832, when over 200 militia men defended Kellogg’s Grove from an attack by a party of Indians. Both sides lost several men in the battle. Local tradition holds that Lincoln helped bury the militiamen. The Sauk-Fox Indians were buried where they fell.
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