#maumee

[maureen2musings]

Gary Bendig

[unteriors]

Old Trail Road, Maumee, Ohio.

[napunk-history]

Maumee, OH

[clove-pinks]

A marker commemorating the 41st Regiment of Foot at Fort Miamis Historic Site. It was placed at the 200th anniversary of the Siege of Fort Meigs, and I see that the 41st Regiment of Foot military living history group (MLHG) was one of the organizations behind it: the same people who re-enact the 41st Regiment at Fort George and Fort Meigs, among other sites.

Although they were enemy combatants in 1813, I appreciated seeing their sacrifice remembered. The marker also commemorates Private Patrick Russell of the 41st Regiment of Foot, who died attempting to protect American prisoners of war at Fort Miamis.

In the published narrative of Shadrach Byfield, another enlisted man from the 41st Regiment of Foot, Russell is described as "an old and excellent soldier."

[vegbih]

[archimaps]

Design for a bridge over the Maumee River, Toldedo

[dutchieyelul]

[duvalpete]

Maumee. July 2020.