Among the participants at the Battle of Credit Island was future president of the United States Zachary Taylor and Sauk Warrior Black Hawk.
Zachary Taylor led the Americans from St. Louis and had the objective of destroying Sauk and Fox Indian villages, who were aiding the British. Badly outnumbered, Taylor was forced to withdraw.
The battlefield tour will be at 3 p.m..
Commonwealth Cultural resources Group, Inc. is doing archaeological research and military terrain analysis on Credit Island.
In 2012, the City of Davenport received a $47,105 grant from the Department of the Interior's National Park Service for the study.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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