On Feb. 12, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Bettendorf Public Library the History of the Battle of Credit Island will be presented by Jack Tumbleson. The Battle of Credit Island took place in Sept. of ...

On Saturday, August 30th, 2014, a commemoration ceremony took place on Credit Island in Davenport, where the Battle of Credit Island was 200 years ago on September 4-5, 1814.

History came alive on Credit Island as many of the island's supporters and other history buffs gathered Saturday to commemorate the Davenport island's place in history in the War of 1812. More ...

DETAILS OF THE BATTLE, SEPT. 4-5, 1814. On the morning of Sept. 4, 1814, a contingent of 334 Americans, led by future president Zachary Taylor, traveled upriver from St. Louis in eight fortified ...

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, ILL. – Nearly 50 noncommissioned officers from the U.S. Army Sustainment Command “stepped back” in to history Nov. 23 during a staff ride to study the Battle of Credit ...

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -- Members of the U.S. Army Sustainment Command senior leadership learned about the Upper Mississippi River Campaign of 1814 during a staff ride in the Quad Cities, Oct ...