George Meade, who later achieved fame for winning the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War was at Fort Gratiot in 1857. He relieved Lt.Col. James Kearney on the Lakes Survey Mission on the Great Lakes.
Meade completed the survey on Lake Huron.
0--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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Thursday, July 16, 2015
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Exterior Work on Fort Gratiot Hospital Nearly Completed-- Part 2
Baker College of Port Huron, Michigan, has given $10,000 to the project as they are building student housing on what was once the Fort Gratiot Military Reservation. Overall, the project had raised $41,000 and it is expected another $10-12,000 will be needed to complete it.
The fort was built in 1814 and engineered by Charles Gratiot. After it was abandoned by the Army for awhile, it was reopened during the Winnebago War of 1827 and it also experienced the start of the cholera epidemic of 1832.
Several officers who later achieved fame during the Civil War were posted there over the years leading to the war. Probably the most famous was Army of the Potomac commander George Gordon Meade, the victor at the Battle of Gettysburg.
--Brock-Perry
The fort was built in 1814 and engineered by Charles Gratiot. After it was abandoned by the Army for awhile, it was reopened during the Winnebago War of 1827 and it also experienced the start of the cholera epidemic of 1832.
Several officers who later achieved fame during the Civil War were posted there over the years leading to the war. Probably the most famous was Army of the Potomac commander George Gordon Meade, the victor at the Battle of Gettysburg.
--Brock-Perry
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