In the last entry I mentioned the walking tour going on today in Youngstown as going to visit the Salt Battery. I did some more research on it.
It was an important part in the defense of the Niagara Frontier and located very near to Fort Niagara in the present city of Youngstown. It was an impromptu battery hastily constructed to protect the village docks constructed partially with 400 barrels of salt, where it got its name.
I found another source that said salt bags were used.
A marker was put up in 1935. It is now in a small town park in a residential area. Nothing of the battery remains.
During World War II a POW camp was housed at Fort Niagara which held German and Aistrian soldiers, sailors, airmen captured in North Africa and Europe. Today, the former site of the camp is in a sports field used for seasonal soccer and Fort Niagara activities.
--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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