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The Battles of Frenchtown, also known as the Battle of the River Raisin and the River Raisin Massacre, were a series of conflicts in Michigan Territory that took place from January 18–23, 1813, during the War of 1812.
The River Raisin National Battlefield Park preserves the site of the Battle of Frenchtown as the only national battlefield marking a site of the War of 1812.It was established as the 393rd unit of the United States National Park Service under Title VII of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, which was signed into law on March 30, 2009.
The River Raisin Battlefield Site was listed as a Michigan Historic Site on Feb. 18, 1956.
The southeast border of Frenchtown Township, as well as the rest of the county's Lake Erie shoreline, is at the lowest elevation in the state of Michigan at 571 feet (174 m) above sea level. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 43.12 square miles (111.68 km 2 ), of which 41.74 square miles (108.11 km 2 ) are ...
First Battle of Frenchtown, Michigan Territory (January 18, 1813): A skirmish in which a U.S. American detachment from Harrison's winter camp drove a British force (consisting of Canadian militia and Potawatomi and Wyandot warriors) out of Frenchtown. Second Battle of Frenchtown, Michigan Territory (January 22, 1813): A British victory achieved ...
During the winter of 1813 as part of the War of 1812, the Battle of Frenchtown occurred near the river. Great Britain and their allied Native American troops under the command of British General Henry Procter and Native American chiefs Roundhead , Walks in Water, and Split Log, fought against a division of ill-trained Kentucky infantry and ...
It was Leon County's first neighborhood center in the poverty battle is now in operation in Frenchtown. The center, at 323 1/2 N. Macomb St., was sponsored by the Leon County-Tallahassee Community ...
View history; General ... Pages in category "Battles in Michigan" ... Battle of Bloody Run; Battle of Brownstown; Battle of Frenchtown; Battle of Mackinac Island ...