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Fort Meigs

noun

  1. a former fort in NW Ohio: unsuccessfully attacked by the British in 1813.


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While Harrison was encamped at Fort Meigs there were several encounters between the hostile forces.

Fort Meigs, which till now had covered eight acres of land, was reduced in its dimensions to one acre.

The defensive works which he now built were called Fort Meigs.

Major Wood of the engineers, already distinguished by his conduct at Fort Meigs, attended the army with two six-pounders.

Colonel Dudley made a sortie from Fort Meigs on the same day and was drawn into an ambuscade.

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