First Battle Site (01-62)
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boatchick
N 41° 30.862 W 082° 44.635
17T E 354477 N 4597327
First Ohio battle of the War of 1812
Waymark Code: WM1HYP
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 05/15/2007
Views: 51
This marker is located on the south side of E. Bayshore Road on the south side of the Marblehead Peninsula.
The first War of 1812 battle on Ohio soil was fought here when about 60 exhausted citizen soldiers were ambushed by about 130 Indians on September 29. Twenty men held the Indians at bay from a cabin while the main body escaped by boat to Cedar Point. Two days later the defenders were rescued. Forty Indians including several chiefs and 8 Americans were killed in the skirmish, neither a victory nor a defeat for either side.
Marker Number: 1-62
County: Ottawa
Significance of Location: Event
Bicentenial Mark: no
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
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