Historians Fret the Fate of War of 1812 Sites-- Part 3

A group of historians were working on a patch of grass along Route 231, using metal detectors and marking potential targets with bright flags.

They found a Civil War musket ball, most likely from Camp Stanton, a training facility for black soldiers.

They had successfully fought off the erection of a 125-foot cell phone tower at the site.

There had been a brief battle there in 1812.  The area was fields at the time, but it is now wooded and Route 12 cuts through it now.

Saving Those Battlefields One At a Time.  --Brock-Perry