At Stillman's Run on May 14, 1832, Illinois volunteers fell in an engagement with Black Hawk and his warriors. Those remembered here are Captain John G. Adams, Sergeant John Walters, Corporal James Milton, Private Isaac Perkins, Private Joseph Draper, Private David Kreeps, Private Zadock Mendinall, Private Tyrus M. Childs, Private James Doty, and Scout Gideon Munson. Abraham Lincoln, later remembered as soldier, statesman, and martyr, assisted in the burial of these dead, adding to the sacred character of the site.