USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Fort Stephenson in August 1813 was an American victory during the War of 1812. American forces successfully defended the fort in August 1813; it guarded an important supply depot. It was located on the west bank of the Sandusky River more than 10 miles upstream from Sandusky Bay in what is now Ohio.

Detailed explanation-2: -The fort’s new commanding officer was Major George Croghan. He had just 160 men at the fort and one old cannon from 18th-century French naval wars called “Old Betsy.” Major George Croghan came from a well-known family of courageous men.

Detailed explanation-3: -Colonel Mills Stephenson sited and built the fort in June of 1812 on the western side of the twisting Sandusky River. He named the small stockaded fort after himself as was the custom.

Detailed explanation-4: -The War of 1812 brought the United States onto the world’s stage in a conflict that ranged throughout the American Northeast, Midwest, and Southeast, into Canada, and onto the high seas and Great Lakes. The United States went to war against Great Britain.