This article is slightly dated.  It was published on July 17th, but it gives an Ohio take on a VERY local story:

The 2008-09 project is a $28,674 award for archaeological investigation, next spring and summer, of a sample of the peripheral areas of the battlefield identified during the program’s 2007-08 grant to Heidelberg’s Center for Historic and Military Archaeology, according to Dr. G. Michael Pratt, who will direct the study.

On Jan. 22, 1813, British and Indian forces attached Americans at Frenchtown along the River Raisin in what was one of the worst American defeats of the War of 1812. The massacre of prisoners and wounded soldiers after the surrender inspired the rallying cry “Remember River Raisin.”

The current award is the latest in support of a decade-long, multi-disciplinary research project involving Heidelberg faculty and students and researchers from Eastern Michigan University, the city of Monroe and several other public and private organizations.

Pratt explained that a 1998 discovery of archaeological remains of structures associated with the battle by the Heidelberg center helped stimulate a renewed interest in preserving the battlefield site. According to the National Park Service, grant funds will allow Pratt and his team to build on the work of the previous grant and conduct an archaeological assessment on areas recently documented as important areas of the battlefield. Recommendations will be made to address threats to the battlefield, and the findings will be presented at public meetings.

The project represents a tribute to the Americans who died during the historic battle.

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