Talk:Fort Meigs

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[edit] Strategic location of the fort

 Slightly upstream on the Maumee are rapids. Since the British soldiers came by boat via Lake Erie and up the Maumee River from Ft. Malden in Canada- a distance of fifty miles, the rapids near Fort Meigs provided a 'choke point' which would slow up the enemy. The British battery was located near Broadway and Conant Streets in the present city of Maumee. About 1/4 mile northeast the British dug three Barbette enclosures, in which they utilized mortars to shell Fort Meigs. The remains of these enclosures can still be seen today. They are in Fort Meigs Union Cemetery.

 The British had previously built another fort on the opposite bank of the Maumee, about a mile and a half downstream, known today as Fort Miamis. It originally had a garrison that mustered troops to the "Battle of Fallen Timbers" which occurred on August 20, 1794. Fort Miamis was never reconstructed. Today all that remains of it are the revetments. Today the place is a municipal park for the city of Maumee.

Musicwriter (talk) 01:08, 20 January 2008 (UTC) Musicwriter (talk) 22:10, 19 January 2008 (UTC) Musicwriter (talk) 01:15, 20 January 2008 (UTC)