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Remember the Raisin
Monroe Evening News ^ | 1/19/2014 | kim brent

Posted on 01/19/2014 3:08:37 PM PST by madison10

Forces march to take their positions Saturday during the annual re-enactment on the 201st anniversary of the Battles of the River Raisin on the battlefield adjacent to the Monroe Multi-Sports Complex.

Read more at: http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/jan/19/gallery-remember-raisin/


TOPICS: History; Local News; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: kentucky; lakeerie; massacre; michigan; ohio; raisinriver; warof1812
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1 posted on 01/19/2014 3:08:38 PM PST by madison10
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To: cripplecreek

ping


2 posted on 01/19/2014 3:09:07 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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I’d love to check it out but they need to reenact it in June.


3 posted on 01/19/2014 3:10:19 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Michigan History of obvious interest to me. A northern version of the Alamo.

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4 posted on 01/19/2014 3:13:23 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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When I went to school in Ann Arbor (ok, spare me the jibes), I placed a visit to this location near the top of my list. None of my friends were interested (grumble), so I went by myself. I show up, and the place is deserted, so I knock on the door of the "vistors' center" (if you can call it that) and a very nice man gave me a private tour. I asked him if I could walk around outside for a while, and he said, "sure."

My recollection is that it seemed to be a very odd place to have a fight . . . the terrain was very unremarkable. Without looking up the history (and which I do not remember), it struck me that both sides met "in transit."

5 posted on 01/19/2014 3:16:36 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: madison10
General George Custer hosting a reunion for Kentucky miltiamen who fought in the battle of Frenchtown (River Raisin.


6 posted on 01/19/2014 3:18:22 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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It was actually two battles. The Americans won the first one and didn’t wait for reinforcements making the disastrous decision to attack again.

Its called the River Raisin because of the wild grape vines that cover this whole area. I can’t imagine what it would have been like trying to get around in this area before roads.


7 posted on 01/19/2014 3:22:48 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

That being said Fort Meigs (where I believe the remaining troops fled—please don’t quiz me on the history), is well worth a visit if one is near Toledo/Maumee, Ohio.


8 posted on 01/19/2014 3:23:15 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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It "should" look like more now. The location has become a National Park (which was of course closed during what's-his-face's temper tantrum)

River Raisin Battlefield

Lived in this county 99% of my life, but IMHO General George Armstrong Custer was a preening jerk.

9 posted on 01/19/2014 3:26:06 PM PST by madison10 ( Taking a husband shopping is akin to hunting with the game warden.)
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I don’t know who keeps the Kentucky pinglist but something like 9 KY counties are named for men who died here.


10 posted on 01/19/2014 3:26:27 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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General George Custer’s brother was a Civil war Hero with two medals of Honor awarded to him.

I don’t think that George Custer became a General until after his death.


11 posted on 01/19/2014 3:30:15 PM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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12 posted on 01/19/2014 3:34:07 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Fort Meigs is awesome!

It is not easy to imagine battles being fought so near here, but it sure is easy to imagine the hardships. The swamp(s) alone would have been difficult to deal with and then add the cold...

Lake Erie and Commodore Perry did play a pivotal role, too. Saw a great documentary on our local (Toledo, Ohio) PBS station on the battles in Lake Erie.


13 posted on 01/19/2014 3:36:50 PM PST by madison10
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Thanks for this post. We are fortunate to have people dedicated to keeping alive and re-enacting these historic events. Hopefully some of those kids watching this will have their imaginations stirred and will be inspired to follow through with either amateur or professional careers in history.


14 posted on 01/19/2014 3:36:59 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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There were a lot of prettyboy generals on both sides in the civil war. That’s why some of the most successful spies were females who could walk from one side to the other without question.

Its kinda funny really because so many of the generals had been West Point classmates.


15 posted on 01/19/2014 3:37:37 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: madison10

The massacre of the prisoners didn’t exactly end Proctor’s career but it definitely killed its growth.

Canadians weren’t wild about the war in the first place and it angered them a great deal when Proctor left the American prisoners and wounded to be slaughtered by the indians.


16 posted on 01/19/2014 3:40:46 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: madison10

I visited the Perry Victory Memorial in Put-In-Bay, also. That was a tough visit. I was there for a bachelor party and I was so hungover I could barely move.


17 posted on 01/19/2014 3:42:13 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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A re-enactment?

Who do they get to play the role of the bloodthirsty savages...I mean...”Native Americans?”


18 posted on 01/19/2014 3:42:17 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: cripplecreek

Battle of Fort Wayne. Duh, never occurred to me that Fort Wayne, Indiana WAS a fort. Thanks for posting this.

A person could take a tour in and around the Midwest/Great Lakes of all the battlefields and forts and spend a whole summer on the search. Visiting one of the islands in Lake Erie would be great. (West Sister maybe?)

“Don’t give up the ship!” ~~ Oliver Hazzard Perry


19 posted on 01/19/2014 3:44:15 PM PST by madison10
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Its kinda funny really because so many of the generals had been West Point classmates.

So it was PLEASE don't ask....? ;)

20 posted on 01/19/2014 3:47:13 PM PST by madison10
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