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Fort Dearborn in 1850 Fort Dearborn in 1856. Following the war, a second Fort Dearborn was built (1816). This fort consisted of a double wall of wooden palisades, officer and enlisted barracks, a garden, and other buildings. The American forces garrisoned the fort until 1823, when peace with the Indians led the garrison to be deemed redundant.
Plan of Fort Dearborn drawn by John Whistler in 1808. Fort Dearborn was constructed by United States troops under the command of Captain John Whistler in 1803. [1] It was located on the south bank of the main stem of the Chicago River in what is now the Loop community area of downtown Chicago. At the time, the area was seen as wilderness.
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Although Ronan did not know it, his 1811-1812 assignment to Fort Dearborn was a duty posting to a spark point. [10] Ronan is described by survivors as a high-spirited young ensign who did not get along well with his commanding officer, fort commander Captain Nathan Heald. Heald, possibly in retaliation, ordered Ronan to undertake a series of ...
The Fort Dearborn Massacre Monument is not to be confused with Defense, a 1928 bas relief sculpture by Henry Hering. Defense also depicts a scene from the Battle of Fort Dearborn, and is located on the side of the southwest bridgehouse of the DuSable Bridge , at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive , the former location of Fort Dearborn .
Fort Dearborn, also known as Washington Cantonment, was a U.S. Army base in Mississippi Territory on the Natchez Trace in Adams County near the territorial capital of Washington. [1] Established in 1802 or 1803, the fort was used as a base during the War of 1812 .
Although Fort Dearborn had been destroyed shortly after the battle, Robinson and fellow trader Ouilmette farmed there before the fort was rebuilt in 1816. They then sold produce to the U.S. Army. [13] Perhaps as early as 1814, and until 1825, Robinson had a trading post and farm somewhat away from the fort at Hardscrabble near the Chicago Portage.
During World War II, a coastal defense fort named Fort Dearborn was established in Henry Dearborn's home state of New Hampshire, to guard the approaches to Portsmouth. General Dearborn's son, Henry A. S. Dearborn , was a U.S. congressman representing Massachusetts's 10th congressional district from 1831 to 1833.