Fort Meigs
(megz), Amer. fortification on the Maumee R., near
Perrysburg, N central Ohio, 10 mi/16 km S of
Toledo. Est. Feb. 1813 by Gen. William Henry Harrison across the river
from Br. Fort Miami (Maumee, Ohio (OH)). Through the spring and summer of
1813, the Americans there held off Br. attacks. The fort was
instrumental in safeguarding the W frontier in the War of
1812.
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