When Sarah Ann Sledge was born in 1831, in Maury, Tennessee, United States, her father, Sterling Green Sledge, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Skillington, was 20. She married Joseph Wallace Ring on 24 December 1848, in Marshall, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Marshall, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Civil District 25, Maury, Tennessee, United States in 1900. She died in 1904, in Maury, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Marshall, Tennessee, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
English: nickname perhaps for someone who made, sold, or used sledgehammers, from Middle English slegge, slegg ‘sledge hammer’ (Old English slecg).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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