In September of 1812, General William Hull sent a company of volunteers to defend the residents of the Marblehead peninsula in Ottawa County, Ohio. Native Americans, who were British sympathizers, attacked the party, resulting in casualties on both sides. Joshua Reed Giddings, who survived the attack, erected a stone in honor of those who lost their lives on September 29, 1812. The names of officers Daniel Mingus, Alexander Mason, and M. Simmons appear on the stone.
Today this stone stands in a spot that is now known as Battlefield Park in Marblehead, Ohio.
You can read about this early battle in an article about Joshua Reed Giddings, found in Volume 8 of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly.
2 comments:
Hi Dorene,
The First Battle Site Marker was in my War of 1812 Chronicles blog today, too! Your post is better, though. http://warof1812chronicles.blogspot.com/2011/09/ohios-first-battle-site-1812.html
Well, how interesting! That is neat!
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