The Battle of Dearborn is depicted on a Michigan Avenue bridge house with warriors attacking and a U.S. Army officer fighting them off with his sword.
Under it is the inscription:
DEFENSE!
Fort Dearborn stood almost on this spot. After an heroic defense in eighteen hundred andtwelve, the garrison together with women and children was forced to evacuate the fort. Led forth by Captain Wells they were brutally massacred by the Indians. They will be cherished as martyrs in our early history.
Erected by the trustees of the E.F. Ferguson Monument Fund. 1928
Some great graphics accompanied the Tribune article that I have been using, including an overlay of the fort on present downtown streets and a map of Chicago showing the site of the fort and approximate site of the battle/massacre a little over two miles away.
"Though the exact location of the battleis not known, the location of Fort Dearborn is marked by brass plates on Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive. The story unfolded near the foot of the Magnificent Mile, along Lake Michigan and near Soldier Field and the Museum Campus (Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum and Adler Planetarium)."
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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