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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1REE_to-fort-meigs-to-fort-meigs_Perrysburg-OH.html
Ohio's
Revolutionary
Memorial
Trail
Text on South Side :
Harrison-Hull-Tupper
1812 · Marches · 1813
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½
Mile to
Fort
Meigs
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RCZ_to-dudleys-massacre-to-portage-stockade_Bowling-Green-OH.html
Ohio's
Revolutionary
Memorial
Trail
Text on South Side :
Harrison-Hull-Tupper
1812 · Marches · 1813
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6
Miles to
Dudley's
Massacre
Text on North Side :
Harrison-Hull-Tupper
1812 · Marches &…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GIP_to-fort-stephenson-to-fort-meigs_Perrysburg-OH.html
Ohio's
Revolutionary
Memorial
Trail
Text on East Side :
Harrison's March - 1813
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½
Mile to
Fort
Meigs
Text on West Side :
Harrison's March - 1813
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34
Miles to
Fort
Stephenson
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19ZH_old-wood-county-jail_Perrysburg-OH.html
Built in 1847, during the Presidency of Polk, when Perrysburg was the County Seat, and used as the Jail and Infirmary until 1870. Continued to serve as the Perrysburg Jail until 1899, sold by the town in 1918. Acquired and restored by Mr. and Mrs.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19ZG_fort-meigs-union-cemetery_Perrysburg-OH.html
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The village of Perrysburg was founded in 1816 and Wood County in 1820. In 1822 the town established a village cemetery and located it on the southwest corner of West Indiana at Cherry Streets. By 1848 it was full and a new one was cr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS81_fort-meigs-construction_Perrysburg-OH.html
Construction on Fort Meigs began in February 1813. Soldiers traveling to Fort Meigs passed through the Great Black Swamp, a nearly impenetrable morass 40 miles across and 120 miles wide south of the fort. The harsh winter weather and frontier cond…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS7H_fort-meigs-introduction-4_Perrysburg-OH.html
American soldiers commanded by William Henry Harrison had been following Winchester with supplies and garrison troops. After learning of the French Town defeat, they fell back to the Portage River in Ohio. On February 1, 1813, Harrison advanced to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS7G_fort-meigs-introduction-3_Perrysburg-OH.html
The war in the West had gone poorly for the United States. In August 1812, Gen. William Hull surrendered Detroit and his entire army to the British. On January 22, 1813, a second United States army led by James Winchester was defeated at French To…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS7D_fort-meigs-introduction-2_Perrysburg-OH.html
While Easterners were more concerned with diplomatic issues relating to Europe, the war west of the Appalachian Mountains took on a different character. The war in the West was a continuation of a long series of Indian wars dating back to the 1750…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS7B_fort-meigs-introduction-1_Perrysburg-OH.html
Fort Meigs was built during the early days of the War of 1812. The United States began the conflict by declaring war against England in June 1812 to redress insults suffered on the high seas including the impressment of American sailors; to protec…