The River Raisin Massacre-- Part 1

From Wikipedia.

This inspired the famous American battle cry "Remember the Raisin."

First reports from the Second Battle of the River Raisin (or Frenchtown) put at least 300 Americans killed and over 500 made prisoners.  British General Proctor was still unsure as to whether or not General Harrison would attack him and left the battlefield, marching north toward Detroit and then crossing the frozen Detroit River to Fort Malden, taking uninjured prisoners with him.  Injured prisoners were left in Frenchtown.

On the morning of January 23, 1813, Indians began robbing and pillaging wounded Americans in Frenchtown.  Those able to walk were sent on to Fort Malden.  Many of those left behind were murdered and some burned alive when the hospital was set afire. 

The remaining prisoners were forced to walk to Fort Malden with those unable to keep up on the march murdered.  An account by a survivor said, "The road was for miles strewed with the mangled bodies."

It is estimated that 30 to 100 Americans were killed that day.

Remember the Raisin.  --Brock-Perry