Fencibles At Prairie du Chien Surrender

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"Early in June an American force took possession of the Indian post at Prairie du Chien, on the Mississippi, almost 500 miles from Mackinac, and Col. M'Douall, who was now in command at the latter place, resolved to dislodge them. Accordingly, Colonel M'Kay, of the Michigan Fencibles, was sent to Prairie du Chien with a detachment consisting of his own corps and of Canadian Volunteers, 150 men in all, with a 3 pounder. He also was accompanied by about 500 Indians."

"The detachment reached its destination on the 17th July and found that the Americans had erected a small fort... ."

""...M'Kay advanced his men against the fort, upon which a white flag was immediately displayed and the place surrendered with its garrison of 65 men and its cannon and stores. Not one man of M'Kay's white troops was even wounded in this brilliant affair...". [Source]

Detroit Reclaimed

Interesting events ...:

[September 29] 1813 Detroit....

"On August 16, 1812, it was surrendered by General Hull to the British army commanded by Gen. Isaac Brock. Detroit was reoccupied by the Americans on September 29, 1813, when the name of the fort was changed to FORT SHELBY The new name was adopted in honor of Gen. Isaac Shelby, governor of Kentucky, who raised a large body of Kentucky riflemen and marched to the relief of Detroit." [Source]

1813-14  War with the Creek Indians......

Pre-War Precautions - Stockade In Detroit

From The History Of Detroit And Michigan...:

"In 1806 and 1807 there was much disquiet at Detroit on this account, and a new stockade was built as a protective measure."

Note:  The British, some of whom were just across the river in Canada, had aspirations of reacquiring Detroit, territory that had been ceded to the Americans after the Revolutionary War.

The new stockade was built by Governor Hull and encompassed all of the grounds between the Cass and Brush Farms and extended to the fort.  There were gates and blockhouses on each side at Jefferson Avenue.

From The Early History of Michigan....
The eastern boundary of this stockade was along the eastern line of the Brush farm about where Brush street now runs. There was a gate on Atwater street near the present Pontiac depot and a blockhouse on Jefferson Avenue a few rods east of the present site of the Biddle House. The western line of the stockade ran along the eastern line of the Cass farm then known as the Macomb farm and the western gate was on Jefferson Avenue about one hundred feet below Cass street. The northern line ran about in range with the fort.  

In the spring of 1827 the stockade was removed and Fort Shelby was demolished.