James Winchester was appointed to lead the army back up north to retake Detroit, but he turned to defend Fort Defiance instead.
[1] Due to Winchester's unpopularity, President James Madison soon appointed General William Henry Harrison as commander of the army in late 1812.
As many American soldiers, And at least 12 children, 2 women and 12 men after the Americans had surrendered and the Prisoners Of War (POWs) were being marched to Fort Malden in British Ontario it would later be known as the Nations Biggest calamity during the war even the founding fathers knew of this disaster.
Their Latin motto is Haec Protegimus (This We Guard) To Preserve, Protect, Remember - (Ad Hanc retinete, protegere recordabor).
The events at the River Raisin remain a significant moment in United States history and the battlefield where so many Americans paid the ultimate sacrifice for the defense of the United States deserves the highest degree of Federal protection and interpretation.