To Your Posts!: Fort Meigs in the War of 1812 through the Voices of Those Who Fought There Ohio Academy of History OLD ROOTERS

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To Your Posts!: Fort Meigs in the War of 1812 through the Voices of Those Who Fought There Ohio Academy of History OLD ROOTERSTo Your Posts! Fort Meigs in the War of 1812 through the Voices of Those Who Fought There recounts the history of Fort Meigs, a U. S. military garrison built on the outermost reaches of Ohios northwestern frontier during the War of 1812. Troops commanded by William Henry Harrison erected the fort in the late winter and early spring of 1813. Built at the foot of the Maumee River Rapids, the site of present day Perrysburg in Wood County, the post