Camp No. 3, later called Fort Starvation, stood about six miles below Fort Winchester on the north side of the Maumee River. Militiamen from Kentucky serving in the forces led by War of 1812 Brig. Gen. James Winchester occupied it from November 1812 until December 30, 1812. Having marched to war in summer linen clothing without knowing they would end up in the heart of the Black Swamp in mid-winter, they endured intense suffering. The camp, thought to cover about 40 acres, had picketed walls, an earthen bastion at each corner, and small huts built by the soldiers for shelter. In his diary, Pvt. Elias Darnell of Lewis' Regiment of Kentucky volunteers called it Fort Starvation. During construction of the Miami and Erie Canal, opened in 1845, workers cut through the camp's burial grounds and uncovered thousands of bones, reportedly within a 75-yard-wide strip in front of the Samuel Rohn House. When early settler Samuel Rohn bought the property in 1822, parts of the camp's walls still stood. Troops stationed there included Col. Samuel Wells' Regiment of the 17th U.S. Infantry, Lt. Col. John Allen's 1st Kentucky Rifle Regiment, Lt. Col. William Lewis' Regiment, 5th Kentucky, and Lt. Col. John M. Scott's Regiment, 1st Kentucky; about 300 Kentucky soldiers are believed to be buried there.