the movie black hawk down took place at mogadishu.
where did the movie black hawk down take place?
mogadishu
black hawk down





























black hawk down may refer to:





























section::::military events.





























bullet::::- battle of mogadishu (1993), a battle between forces of the united states and somali militia fighters





























bullet::::- 1994 black hawk shootdown incident, a friendly fire incident over northern iraq





























section::::arts, entertainment, and media.





























bullet::::- "black hawk down" (book), a 1999 book by mark bowden about the 1993 battle





























bullet::::- "black hawk down" (film), a 2001 film adaptation of bowden's book, directed by ridley scott





























bullet::::- "black hawk down" (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film of the same name
black hawk down
in the black hawk war, sac, fox, and kickapoo native americans, otherwise known as the british band, led by chief black hawk, who had been relocated from illinois to iowa, attempted to resettle in their illinois homeland on april 5, 1832, in violation of treaty. on may 10 chief black hawk decided to go back to iowa. on may 14, black hawk's forces met with a group of militia men led by isaiah stillman. abraham lincoln helped bury the dead illinois militia men after the battle, however was involved in the fighting. all three members of black hawk's parley were shot and one was killed. the battle of stillman's run ensued, leaving twelve militia men and three to five sac and fox warriors dead. of the fifteen battles of the war, six took place in wisconsin. the other nine as well as several smaller skirmishes took place in illinois. the first confrontation to take place in wisconsin was the first attack on fort blue mounds on june 6, in which one member of the local militia was killed outside of fort. there was also the spafford farm massacre on june 14, the battle of horseshoe bend on june 16, which was a united states victory, the second attack on fort blue mounds on june 20, and the sinsinawa mound raid on june 29. the native americans were defeated at the battle of wisconsin heights on july 21, with forty to seventy killed and only one killed on the united states side. the ho chunk nation fought on the side of the united states. the black hawk war ended with the battle of bad axe on august 1–2, with over 150 of the british band dead and 75 captured and only five killed in the united states forces. those crossing the mississippi were killed by lakota, american and ho chunk forces. many of the british band survivors were handed over to the united states on august 20 by the lakota tribe, with the exception of black hawk, who had retreated into vernon county, wisconsin and white cloud, who surrendered on august 27, 1832. black hawk was captured by decorah south of bangor, wisconsin, south of the headwaters of the la crosse river. he was then sold to the u.s. military at prairie du chien, accepted by future confederate president, stephen davis, who was a soldier at the time. black hawk's tribe had killed his daughter. black hawk moved back to iowa in 1833, after being held prisoner by the united states government. the black war began with the future president of united states, abraham lincoln burying it's dead. it ended with future president of the confederacy, jefferson davis, paying the ho chunk for turning over black hawk. andrew jackson met with black hawk, sending him on a train to see the size of the united states to convince him that war against the us by his people is futile. andrew jackson released him.[citation needed]
history of wisconsin