Skirmish Line

In this vicinity and parallel to the driveway, a line of scattered human remains detected in 2000 may mark the main skirmish line of the 17th U.S. Infantry. The bodies of those killed lay exposed to the elements for some time after the battle. Eventually, the scattered remains were gathered and buried at several sites, including Memorial Place on South Monroe Street, where the Kentucky Monument is located. In the 1830's, bodies were removed to military cemeteries in Detroit and Frankfort, Kentucky. Nine counties in Kentucky are named after men who fought at the River Raisin, eight of whom died here: Allen, Ballard, Graves, Edmonson, Hart, Hickman, McCracken, Meade, and Simpson.

Monroe, Michigan · United States