Fort Stephenson (Ohio)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Fort Stephenson (Ohio)
Other forms of name
Stephenson, Fort (Ohio)
Coordinates
-83.1153 -83.1153 41.3461 41.3461 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Fortification Ohio
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q5472109
Library of congress: sh 96010596
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: NUCMC data from Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center for Fort Stephenson Sesquicentennial Association. Records, 1963(Fort Stephenson; site of battle in War of 1812 became city of Fremont, Ohio)
  • Roberts, R.B. Encyc. hist. forts, c1988(Fort Stephenson; fortification on the west side of the Sandusky River; today site of Fremont's Birchard Liberty Park)

Wikipedia description:

Fort Stephenson was a military installation built in 1812 on the west side of the Sandusky River in northwestern Ohio. Rebuilt in 1813, the fort was the location of the American victory at the Battle of Fort Stephenson in August 1813 during the War of 1812.

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