Buildings also constructed at the time included barracks for 200 soldiers, officers quarters, a hospital, guard house, powder magazine and storehouse.
Fort Gratiot was completed in five months at the cost of $3,055.57.
At the end of the War of 1812, the troops were sent elsewhere and the fort officially abandoned 30 June 1821. The troops then were sent to Fort Detroit. It was regarrisoned in 1828 during the Winnebago Conflict and rebuilt between 1828 and 1830. A garrison was then present until 1 June 1879 when the Army again abandoned it, this time permanently.
Its present status is that there is one relocated marker and a hospital/officers quarters being restored on the site. These are the only two things indicating its former use.
It is located near the Blue Water International Bridge connecting with Canada.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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