This veteran of the Black Hawk War later became President of the United States.
Benjamin Harrison
Abraham Lincoln
James Madison
Chester A. Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was a militia captain during the Black Hawk War before becoming President of the United States. The 23-year old Lincoln had recently lost his job as a store clerk and planned to run for the state legislature later that year?facts which may have influenced his response to Illinois Governor John Reynolds call for volunteers to fight a new Indian threat on the Western frontier.