Abraham Lincoln's only military experience was as a 23-year-old militia captain in the Black Hawk War.

LINCOLN, Abraham, 1809-1865; BLACK Hawk War, 1832; NATIVE American treaties

Reveals that the only military experience of Abraham Lincoln, president during the American Civil War, was as 23-year-old militia captain in the Black Hawk War. Tribe chief Black Hawk's reversal of a treaty signed with the United States government; Lincoln's use of physical strength to assert his authority; Court martial.