| Ohio (Sandusky County), Clyde — James Birdseye McPherson |
| | Dedicated to the memory of James Birdseye McPherson Born at Clyde, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1828, Graduated from West Point, 1853; Appoited Brevet Second Lieutenant of Engineers 1853; Appointed Captain Aug. 6, 1861; Served in the field at the opening of the Civil War Promoted to Brigadier General May 15, 1862; He took an important part in the siege and capture of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863 and was appointed Brigadier General of the U.S. Army Aug. 1, 1863;
made commander of the Army of Tennessee
March . . . — Map (db m20473) |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Clyde — 3-72 — McPherson Cemetery |
| | Named for Major General James B. McPherson, buried here July 29, 1864. Here also are graves of George Burton Meek, U.S.N., first American serviceman killed in the War with Spain; Congressional Medal of Honor recipients Charles H. McCleary, Civil War, and Rodger W. Young, World War II; Emma Anderson, mother of author Sherwood Anderson. — Map (db m25926) |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Ball’s Battlefield |
| | Major Ball’s Squadron 2nd Light Dragoons U.S. Army while escorting Col. Wells 17th U.S. Infantry from Major General Harrison’s headquarters at Fort Seneca to relieve Major Croghan of the command of Fort Stephenson for alleged insubordination in refusing to evacuate the fort was ambushed by Indians near this spot but gallantly charging them killed seventeen with the sabre. 30th July 1813. — Map (db m17967) |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — C44 — Brady's Island |
| | From the island opposite, Samuel Brady, one of Washington's scouts, sent from Fort Pitt, watched the Indians. On the second trip he was captured but escaped from his burning pyre. — Map (db m20568) |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — 1-72 — Fort Stephenson — War of 1812 |
| | [Marker Front]:
Victoriously defended by Major George Croghan.
Battle of Fort Stephenson, August 2, 1813.
Built on this spot 1812-1813 and named for Col. Mills Stephenson, one of its builders.
[Marker Reverse]:
Major George Croghan, age 21, took command in July 1813. He was surrounded Aug. 1 by 2,000 Indians under Tecumseh, bombarded from the river by British ships. He had but 160 men and 1 cannon, Old Betsy. The British under Gen. Henry Proctor with 400 men . . . — Map (db m18093) |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Fremont — County Seat of Sandusky County, Ohio |
| | The Junquindundeh of the Indians, and the Lower Sandusky of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.
An old neutral town of the Eries used as a refuge on the destruction of the Huron commonwealth by the Iroquois in 1650.
Westernmost point reached by the British and Colonial troops from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut under Israel Putnam in Bradstreet's expedition against Pontiac in 1764.
A British post established here during the Revolutionary War.
Daniel Boone, Simon . . . — Map (db m18293) |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — In Commemoration |
| | Lt. Colonel Wm. C. Shortt, Lt. J.G. Gordon, 1 sergeant, 1 drummer, and 21 rank and file of the 41st Regiment, British regulars, who died in the assault on Fort Stephenson, August 2, 1813, and the succeeding amity between the contending nations. — Map (db m18291) |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Near This Spot |
| | British cannon from Commodore Barclay's fleet bombarded Major Croghan in Fort Stephenson August 1 and 2, 1813. General Proctor attempted to capture the fort by assault with his Wellington veterans assisted by Indians under Tecumseh. Major Croghan with only 160 men and one cannon, "Old Betsy," repulsed the assault. The British retreated to their ships with many killed and wounded, but leaving Lt. Colonel Short, Lieut. Gordon, and 25 soldiers of the 41st Regiment dead in the ditch. . . . — Map (db m18285) |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Portage Trail |
| | Near this spot an old footpath bypassed the lower rapids of the Sandusky River from midtown Fremont south to Tindall Bridge. Along this trail Indian portaged their canoes around swift rapids. This was the Old Sandusky-Scioto Trail, an ancient waterway from Lake Erie to the Ohio River via the Sandusky and Scioto Rivers. The trail was a military route for General William Henry Harrison's army during the War of 1812. — Map (db m18189) |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — 2-72 — Sandusky County Fairgrounds — Site of camps during the Pontiac Conspiracy — Ohio Historical Marker |
| | Here Bradstreet's British expedition camped in 1764. Also farthest point west reached by colonial forces under command of Col. Israel Putnam. These grounds purchased in 1870 by the Sandusky County Agricultural Society. — Map (db m26322) |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Sandusky-Scioto Trail — - Used by Indian, British and Colonial Rangers - |
| | Roger's Colonial Rangers against the French, 1760.
Bradstreet's British army against Pontiac, 1764.
Butler's British Rangers against Crawford, 1782.
Proctor's British army against Ft. Stephenson, 1813.
Called, after the American invasion of Canada 1813
The "Harrison Trail" War of 1812. — Map (db m18209) |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Woodville — 6-72 — Woodville “The Lime Center of the World” / Maumee and Western Reserve Turnpike |
| | Woodville “The Lime Center of the World.” Woodville and the surrounding area is situated in the center of a huge deposit of some of the purest dolomitic limestone in the world. The absence of cracks in the rock stratum and relatively level terrain in the area prevents the contamination of the limestone. In recent years, Ohio has ranked as high as first nationally in the production of lime, and fourth in the production of crushed stone. Demand for the lime and lime products as a . . . — Map (db m4024) |
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