Between 1812 and 1814, soldiers who became sick or were injured in battle were brought back to Fort Amanda. Some died from their injuries, while others succumbed to germ-related maladies such as dysentery, lake fever, or typhoid, measles, and flux, or severe diarrhea. Seventy-five gravestones honoring unnamed soldiers of the War of 1812 were erected here in what was then called a national cemetery. Now known as Fort Amanda Cemetery, it continues to serve as the final resting place for local families, including veterans from nearly every American conflict from the Revolutionary War to the present.