[4] In July 1822, Colonel Hugh Brady, with Headquarters and Companies A, B, D, I and K of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, traveled to the Sault to re-assert American authority over the region and establish a garrison there.

[2] By the end of the year, Brady had established a fort on a ten-acre site overlooking St. Marys River.

This original fort consisted of a rectangular stockade of cedar posts, with two blockhouses placed at opposite corners.

[2] The American military presence at Fort Brady counteracted the influence of the British over the region, and their incursions ceased.

The success of Colonel Hugh Brady at this mission earned him a promotion to brigadier general.

[6] No further armed conflict against the British occurred in the region, and the importance of Fort Brady was reduced.

[3] General Philip Sheridan selected a more strategic site nearby, on higher ground, and in 1886 work began on constructing a new fort.

During World War II, 15,000 troops lived at Fort Brady,[3] necessitating various temporary and not-so-temporary construction of habitations and facilities.