The Preservation of Fort Meigs and its Burial Grounds
Click on image above for an enlarged view of the book's cover About the author	Features... Large 8” x 11” format 131 pages on acid-free 80# hi-gloss paper Hardcase, stitched binding Color photographs Fully indexed ISBN 978-1-5323-1024-9	Learn about... The "untold story" of the preservation of Fort Meigs Documents buried deep in the National Archives Ellen McMahan Caspers, who led the preservation efforts The Official US Army Report on the Fort Meigs burials President Theodore's intervention to preserve the fort and burial grounds A U.S. Congress that is not willing to recognize the soldiers of Fort Meigs Organizations that failed in their attempts to preserve the battlefield The role of the Hayes family Ellen's prediction that she would be pushed aside in the preservation efforts

The Preservation of Fort Meigs

and its burial grounds  

is a fully-researched, fully-documented, illustrated history of the efforts of various

organizations and one woman, Ellen McMahan Caspers,  to preserve Fort Meigs.

Content includes:   

• Ellen McMahan Caspers's unrelenting preservation campaign 

• Genealogy of the McMahan Family of Perrysburg, Ohio and the Caspers Family of Wyandotte, Michigan

• Medical Journal entry describing Ellen's birthing 7 children in 4 years

• Historical photographs of US Government officials involved, including President Teddy Roosevelt and Secretary of the Army Elihu Root

• US Army Captain William Biddle's official report on the burials

• Historical photographs of US Army officers officials involved

• Historical maps of the Fort Meigs' burial grounds

• Full correspondence of Ellen McMahan caspers with President Roosevelt and other US Government officials in Washington, DC

• More than 50 full-color photographs of key players, Fort Meigs monuments, and the three major burial grounds

• Documentation of Colonel Dudley's command burials at Fort Meigs

• Descriptions of the burial grounds and monuments today (2016)

Sample pages: 

• Table of Contents

• Fort Meigs after the War of 1812

• Ellen's letter to President Roosevelt

• Fort Meigs Memorial Commission

• 1908 Monument Construction

• Restoration of  Fort Meigs

Book Pricing: 

• $20.00 at local fairs and events or picked up at Gary's home in Perrysburg, Ohio.

• $25.00 mail order (includes bookfold shipping box and USPS "media rate" postage). 

Ordering:

• Contact Gary at engineer9@aol.com to arrange a personal delivery.

       OR

• Please remit your order with payment to:

            Gary L. Franks

            29479 Belmont Lake Road

            Perrysburg, OH 43551

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