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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8R_historic-river-raisin_Monroe-MI.html
"Remember the River Raisin" became a national battle cry in the War of 1812 after settlers and Kentucky soldiers were massacred by Indians on the river's banks in violation of protection promised by the British, The stream here was the center o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF2E_george-armstrong-custer_Monroe-MI.html
[Side A]:George Armstrong Custer Raised in Monroe, George Armstrong Custer graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1861. In 1863 he became a brigadier general and commanded the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. "Come On You …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF18_the-custer-home_Monroe-MI.html
This 116 acre "French ribbon farm", purchased by General George Armstrong Custer, his brother, Nevin, and their wives August 22, 1871, ran northerly from the River Raisin. Nevin Custer farmed it until his death. The present Custer Airport, created…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME8E_roundhead_Monroe-MI.html
In the temporary absence of Tecumseh, the Native-American allies of the British were led by Wyandot Chiefs Roundhead and Walk-in-the-Water. Besides the Wyandots, Native forces included warriors from the Shawnee, Potawatomi, Ottawa, Chippewa, Delaw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDUL_war-with-happy-ending_Erie-MI.html
Michigan troops made heir headquarters here during the bloodless Toledo "war" in 1835. Intense rivalry between the settlers of the two states fanned a controversy near flame. Original U. S. surveys had put in Monroe County the mouth of the Maum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDUJ_state-line_Erie-MI.html
[Front of Marker] STATE LINE Surveyed ByS. S. GannetGeographerUnited StatesGeological Survey1915[Ohio Side of Marker] OHIO Frank B. WillisGovernor- - - - - Erected by Authority ofThe 81st General AssmeblyAct of May 27, 1915By Ohio Topo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDUI_memorial-place_Monroe-MI.html
Here were buried unidentified remains of victims of the River Raisin Massacre of 1813. In 1872 surviving veterans of that war gathered in Monroe from Ohio and Kentucky. They headed a colorful civic pageant which halted solemnly at this spot whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDUD_boston-custer-autie-reed_Monroe-MI.html
Gen. George A. Custer's brother, Boston, and his nephew, Harry (Autie) Armstrong Reed, accompanied the ill-fated Little Big Horn Expedition into Montana as civilian Quartermaster employees. While at the rear of the cavalry column they learned Gen.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSY_battles-of-the-river-raisin_Monroe-MI.html
[Marker side facing south] Describing the American victory of January 18, 1813, Capt. John McCalla of the 5th Kentucky, wrote: "I have seen the enemy, and I have seen him defeated. I have seen my fellow soldiers extended lifeless bloody corpses…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSU_artillery-january-22-1813_Monroe-MI.html
[Marker side facing south] British Artillery on January 22nd consisted of six small cannons, mostly 3-pounders, with some small howitzers. The artillery pieces were first positioned about 400 yards north of here, just south of Mason Run Creek. …
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