{"product_id":"the-story-of-old-fort-dearborn","title":"The Story of Old Fort Dearborn","description":"173 pp. Frontispiece and plates from drawings, maps, and facsimile of a letter from General Hull to Captain Heald. Fort Dearborn was a United States fort, first built in 1803 beside the Chicago River, in what is now Chicago, Illinois. It was constructed by U.S. troops under Captain John Whistler and named in honor of Henry Dearborn, then United States Secretary of War. The original fort was destroyed following the Battle of Fort Dearborn during the War of 1812, and a replacement Fort Dearborn was constructed on the same site in 1816 and decommissioned by 1837. Parts of the fort were lost to the widening of the Chicago River in 1855, and a fire in 1857. The last vestiges of Fort Dearborn were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The site of the fort is now a Chicago Landmark, located in the Michigan - Wacker Historic District. During the War of 1812, General William Hull ordered the evacuation of Fort Dearborn in August 1814. Captain Heald oversaw the evacuation, but on August 15, the evacuees were ambushed along the trail by about 500 Potawatomi Indians in the Battle of Fort Dearborn. The Potawatomi captured Heald and his wife, Rebekah, and ransomed them to the British. Of the 148 soldiers, women, and children who evacuated the fort, 86 were killed in the ambush. The Potawatomi burned the fort to the ground the next day.","brand":"A.C. McClurg \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41480137801798,"sku":"2343411","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/files\/2343411.jpg?v=1713473307","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/the-story-of-old-fort-dearborn","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}