Perrysburg High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Perrysburg, OH)

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f -''-'H'fiii5Ei'5'if SI'15IfEE5f'E'if5'1ff I'f:ffi..1 e rl, ,. , HISTORICAL PERRYSBURG ursrnc-Moanexn Perrysburg, an historical town of northwestern Ohio, was laid out and' incorporated by the government in ISI6. It was the scene of many battles and small skirmishes in the War of IBIZ. Fort Meigs, which lies just west of the town, was built by General Harrison and named after Governor Meigs. It was practically the only barrier which kept the British from in- vading Ohio and the states south. Fort Meigs was very small, having a garrison of only about one thous- and men. It was besieged twice, but held out each time until help came. The first siege began April 24, ISI 3, and was raised May I lth. Gen. Proc- tor, a British general, had twelve hundred regulars and twenty-one hundred Indians under his command at that time. On May 3rd, Proctor demanded' the surrender of the fort. Gen. Harrison refused to surrender and held out until Gen. Clay arrived with twelve hundred Kentuckians to relieve him. Gen. Harrison sent Col. Dudley with eight hundred men to spike the British guns on the opposite shore, and then ordered him to retreat. Instead of obeying orders, Dudley pursued the Indians and fell into an ambush, where only one hundred fifty men escaped being massacred. The second siege began July 20th, when Proctor returned with still larger forces, expecting an easy victory. Clay, who was in command at this time, was not deceived by the strategy of the English, and kept his men inside the fort. The English, unable to capture the fort, left for Fort Steph- enson on July 28th. There Proctor was repulsed with heavy losses. This defeat practically ended the war in the northwest. After the war, the town of Orleans was laid out on the bottom lands' 1 .-,.1..1...1nq1rm-1-1111:W.-1lin-...nu1nuiuu.-n.-nu11.1up-.I1IpiI.1I.-..1...1.g1..1..1...-.,1,1 -..-.gf I 6124-I.- 4