St. Clair's Defeat Battlefield To Be Surveyed

[Matthew S. Schweitzer]

Looks like there are plans to begin a remote sensing survey (and excavation?) of the Fort Recovery Battlefield. This should give some reasl insight into the battle and the remains that still reside there.

" A group of researchers from Applied Archaeology Laboratories, Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana has proposed to do a remote sensing survey of the site of St Clair’s Battle on the Wabash River within the confines of modern day town of Fort Recovery, Ohio. Their data recovery plan will use the latest versions of remote sensing instruments including fluxgate gradiometers (a type of a magnetomer), electrical resistance meters, metal detecting and possibly ground penetrating radar. They hope to find areas where specific parts of the battle took place in November of 1791 and to possibly draw conclusions about the movements of both the Indian and the opposing American forces. They also hope to recover locational data about Fort Recovery, the name sake of the town built on the site of St. Clair’s battle by General “Mad” Anthony Wayne in 1793."

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ohio-archaeology.blogspot.com/2010/01/proposed-work-at-fort-recovery-may.html

[predhead]

Very interesting. One thing that I would like to know is the location of the American lines of battle. The picture on the website shows the lines drawn in a southwest to northeast fashion, while other sources (Van Trees for one) shows the battle line running more north/south like the current Fort Recovery street grid.