Besides protecting and escorting supplies, the 2nd Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia, provided the garrison troops, produced cartridges for the muskets and built rafts and pirogues for the transportation of supplies on the Auglaize River.
The fort was located on the west branch of the river where the village of Fort Jennings stands today. The Fort Jennings Historical Society is trying to determine the exact spot where the fort stood.
About a dozen soldiers are believed to have been buried there.
--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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