Book/Printed Material Fort Meigs. A condensed history of the most important military point in the Northwest, together with scenes and incidents connected with the sieges of 1813, and a minute description of the old fort and its surroundings, as they now appear. Copy 2
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Image 1 of Copy 2- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 2 of Copy 2- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 3 of Copy 2 [AW S)^- ■^t ^t ^f -mifm^ ^m,0^ W% -r _ ^ji^.,;.., ■■!!!!Hi;r WtiS i^ r7ISfIiOI^I6AL AND DESGI^IPfPIVE. fl v^^m 1 V-v^ \-x?^ 1^^^ Vn^- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 5 of Copy 2- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 6 of Copy 2- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 7 of Copy 2 FORT MEIGS. R CONDENSED HISTORY IVIost Important MLilitary Point in ttie Nortl^west, -TOGETHKR WITH- Scenes and Incidents connected witli the Sieges of 1813, A Minute Description of the Old Fort and its...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 8 of Copy 2 /V^ /19 ^2 BIRD S-EYE VIEW OF FT. MEIGiS, FROM THE NORTH.- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 9 of Copy 2 /Ya^o(^t^ THE MAUMEE ;1 r^5i*^ss_ UP THE VALLEY FROM THE FORT. B.\TrLE-FIELD OF FALLEN TI.MBERS IN THE DISTANCE. HE Maumee Kiver (or Miami of the Lake, as it was called during the...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 10 of Copy 2 m£^i^^m^^^m^mm^mi:m0mmm ■:^yS^;;^ ,f- -(.rNp^lLvC?,^ mm3 f ACROSS THE KIVER FROM THE FORT, WHERE THE MAIN BRITISH BATTERIES WERE PLANTED. ^|;^i!;f :7f^f if s:^ i^%i^ ACROSS THE FORT AND D()\\ N I llK...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 11 of Copy 2 INTROOUCTORV. MILITARY STATIONS IX THK MAUMEE VALLEY. 4^^HERE is no region throughout the country more replete with scenes of great historic interest (fi om the earlv date ^)y of the French and...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 12 of Copy 2 6 Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. they found a highly cultivated countiy, with apple and peach orchards evidences of the industry of the French and some of the most civilized Indian tribes....- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 13 of Copy 2 Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. 7 then garrisoned by some British regulars under INIajor Cainpl)ell. The lattcr s warning to tlie American troops to keep their dis- tance or he would lire...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 14 of Copy 2 =2ir DOWN THE RAVINE TOWARD PERRYSBURG, FROM THE NORTH ANGLE, LOOKING EAST; DUDLEY BURIAL GROUND ON THE RIGHT, MARKED BY A DEAD WALNUT TREE.- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 15 of Copy 2 HISTORICAL nirOKTANT KVKNTS PREUEDING THE SIKGE OF FT. MEIGS. MJN April, 1812, the Indians, sti Ululated by the English in Canada, had become quite hostile along the waters of Lakes Erie, Huron...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 16 of Copy 2 10 Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. been declared against Enoland. Leaving Ft. Findlay June 27, the army arrived on the banlvs of the Maumee (near the site afterward appropriated for the building...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 17 of Copy 2 Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. U o-reat militarv commander was needed to save tlie country from dire disaster. Tiio Governor of Kentucky brevetted William Henr} Harrison a Major-General, who was made Commander...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 18 of Copy 2 12 Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. strong enough to resist the enemy, Gen. Harrison started with his troops on a forced march to Ft. Defiance to intercept them. This was early in...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 19 of Copy 2 lIisTOKK AL Sketch oi 1 t. .Mkkis. U precaution of erectin;L earthworks or stationing- advanced [)icket guards. At daybreak they were ai oused by the dischar re of grapeshot from a IJritisli...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 20 of Copy 2 14 Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. On February 1, with 1,700 men and a few pieces of artillery, Harrison again advanced to the foot of the rapids, where he took up a...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 21 of Copy 2 Historical SivKtcii of Ft. .NfEiGS. 15 given a grand reception by Thomas Jeit erson. Climljing the Blue Ridge, they proceeded, via White Sulphur Sj)rings, down the Great Kanawha, and crossing the Ohio...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 22 of Copy 2 l(j Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. Gen. Harrison s command on the banks of tlie Portage, and the whole armv, without loss of time, moved on to the Mauiiiee river, four or...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 23 of Copy 2 Historical Sketch of Ft. Mkkis. 17 thaw had occurred wliic^h rendered roads almost impassable, and the tri|) over the ice uttei ly im|)ossibh3. A number of wagons and sleds, loaded with ammunition...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 24 of Copy 2 18 Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. against the forts above. Twenty-five hundred would not be too many. But, anxious to reduce the expenses during the winter within as narrow bounds as possible,...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 25 of Copy 2 HisTORicAi, Sketch ok Ft. Meigs. 19 in sleighs, across Sandusky Bay and the peninsula at the left, to tlie lake shore, where they encamped for tiie night; being with- out tents they...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 26 of Copy 2 20 Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. fort they saw this solitary brave sit up in one of the canoes and paddle feebly to the shore. OPENING OF THE SIEGE OF FT, MEIGS....- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 27 of Copy 2 HisTOiucAT, Sketch of 1 t. Mkius. 21 embankment, suitable l )(l ;ings as substitutes for tents. Those rooms were shot-pi oot and bomb-proof, except in the event of a shell falling in...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 28 of Copy 2 22 Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. the muzzle of the criin, he would cry out shot or bomb as the case might be Look out, main battery Blockhouse No. 1 Now for...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 29 of Copy 2 Historical Sketch of Ft. MKKis. 23 event, death was inevital)lG if it was not extiii-^uislied, and the brave fellow, sprinnin r to his feet, seized a boat hoolv, pulled the hissing bomb...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 30 of Copy 2 24 Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. any terms. Should it fall into bis bands, it will be in a manner calculated to do biin more bonor, and to give him larger claims...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 31 of Copy 2 Historical Sketch of Ft. .M KUis. 25 the left bank to join Dudley they were ordered back however, and recrossed the river to make another attempt to reach the fort; after landing,...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 32 of Copy 2 26 Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. rear and were firing into us, and our company hastened to join the combatants at our front; falling in at the left of the regi- ment,...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 33 of Copy 2 Historical Sketch of Ft. ^rEics. 27 A British account of this terrible occurrence says The frenzy of these wretches knew no bounds, and an old veteran of the 41st was shot through...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 34 of Copy 2 28 Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. were returning their cheers, they reiterated their shouts of triumph. Harrison, seeing this, exclaimed, in tones of anguish, The} are lost Can I never teacli my...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 35 of Copy 2 Historical Skftch of Ft. .Mkios. 2^ Todd witli Jifty re ,nilars in pursuit of the foe, und tliey soon re- turned witli two officers and forty-three non-coramissioned officers and i)rivates as ]irisoners....- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 36 of Copy 2 so Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. Dudley, Simons, Medcalf and Sebree; the Pittsburg Blues, led by Lieut. McGee the Petersburg volunteers and Lieut. Drum s detachment the detachments of the 17th and...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 37 of Copy 2 Historical Sketch ok Ft. .Meics. 31 the fort. July 20, the enemy was discovered ascending the river, and a party of ten men were surprised by the Intlians, onlv tliree escaping death...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 38 of Copy 2 32 Historical Sketch of Ft. Meigs. and cavaliy were to make a clash from their concealment on the left, thus cutting them off from retreat and capturing the fort. It was a...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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Image 39 of Copy 2 HrSTORFOAL Sk ETCir (tl Ft. .NfKKiS. 33 was a comparatively unimportant point, and tliat the defenses were too small to accommodate a garrison of over 200 troo[)s, they would not reinforce the...- Contributor: Averill, James P.
- Date: 1886
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