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Title
Fort
Amanda
Monument
Photograph
Subject
Military Ohio
War of 1812
Monuments & memorials
Forts & fortifications
Place
Wapakoneta (Ohio)
Auglaize County (Ohio)
Description
Fort
Amanda
State
Memorial
is
located
near
Wapakoneta
,
Ohio
and the
Auglaize
River
. The
fort
served
as a
major
supply
depot
and
hospital
during
the
War
of
1812
.
Although
the
fort
was
destroyed
, a
memorial
and
park
mark
the
site
.
It
is
operated
by the
Ohio
Historical
Society
. The
photograph
measures
8
"
x
10
"
(20.32
x
25.4
cm)
. The
United
States
,
angered
by
British
attempts
to
impress
American
sailors
into the
British
Navy
and
fearing
the
British
presence
in
Canada
,
declared
war
on
Great
Britain
in
June
of
1812
.
William
Henry
Harrison
was
appointed
commander-in-chief
of the
Northwestern
Army
. He
built
Fort
Meigs
,
named
after
Ohio
Governor
Return
J
.
Meigs
,
near
present-day
Perrysburg
.
Supplying
the
fort
was
difficult
,
however
, as
artillery
and
food
had to be
carried
through
the
Black
Swamp
.
Nonetheless
,
Fort
Meigs
withstood
several
assaults
by
British
troops
. An
attack
on
Fort
Stephenson
near
Fremont
forced
Major
George
Croghan
to
defend
the
fort
with
only
one
cannon
,
nicknamed
"
Old
Betsy.
" In
one
of the
most
significant
battles
of the
war
,
Colonel
Oliver
Hazard
Perry
defeated
the
British
at the
Battle
of
Lake
Erie
in
September
1813
. The
British
captain
Robert
Barclay
surrendered
his
entire
fleet
.
Harrison
learned
that
Perry
had
effectively
cut
the
British
supply
line
through
Perry's
message
: "
We
have
met
the
enemy
and they are
ours.
" The
War
of
1812
destroyed
American
Indian
military
power
and
confined
them to
reservations
.
Creator
Ohio. Dept. of Development
Date of Original
1960
-
1970
circa
Collection
Ohio
Department
of
Economic
and
Industrial
Development
Source
Audiovisual
material
;
State
Archives
Series
741
Format
picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om3181_4412111_001.tif
Image Height
3771
Image Width
3011
File Size
3868.231 KB
Date created
2009-01-07
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