During the Black Hawk War in 1832, Abraham Lincoln served here, first as captain of volunteers. On April 21, 1832, he enlisted at Richland Creek in Sangamon County and was elected captain. He was mustered into state service at Beardstown on April 22 and into United States service at the mouth of Rock River on May 3. At the mouth of Fox River on May 27, he was mustered out and that same day re-enlisted as a private in Captain Elijah Iles' Company. When that enlistment expired, he re-enlisted on June 16 at Fort Wilbourn in Captain Jacob M. Early's Company, and he was finally mustered out of service on July 10, 1832, at White Water River, Wisconsin.