Black Hawk War
Following the outbreak of the Black Hawk War in 1832, Sidney volunteered for military service, enlisting as a private. He was thereafter elected a Major, and the battalion assembled at Beardstown, marching to the Illinois River near Peru. After arriving at Camp Wilborn, the Lieutenant-Colonel Theophilus W. Smith resigned for another position, and Breese was elected to fill the open position. Under his command were future Civil War General Robert Anderson and future U.S. President Zachary Taylor.
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