{"nrhp_refnum":"72001038","name":"War Of 1812 Battle Site","other_names":["Giddings Plot","Giddings Monument","Battlefield Monument"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"East Bay Shore Rd., 1 mi. W of jct. with T-142","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mineyahta-on-the-Bay","county":"Ottawa County","state":"OH","lat":41.51417556800004,"lon":-82.74517566999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-02-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small fenced plot of under one acre off East Bay Shore Road at Snug Harbor, Marblehead Peninsula, Ottawa County, Ohio, holding two monuments and a state historical marker at the site of the first War of 1812 battle on Ohio soil. The stone monument was erected in 1857-58 by Joshua R. Giddings.","why_significant":"The site marks the September 1812 clash between Ohio militia and a British-influenced Indian war party on Marblehead Peninsula, the first battle of the War of 1812 fought on Ohio soil. Six militiamen were killed and eight wounded. The 1858 monument is believed to be the first battle monument erected in Ohio.","narrative":"A 10-foot-square fenced plot beside Bay Shore Road on the Marblehead Peninsula marks the first War of 1812 battle fought on Ohio soil. In September 1812, about sixty militia volunteers crossed Sandusky Bay to look for hostile Indians and were attacked on the peninsula by roughly 130 warriors. Some took refuge in a log cabin and held out for three nights and two days on parched corn and roasted pumpkin until a rescue party arrived from Fort Avery. Six militiamen died and eight were wounded. Among the party was young Joshua Giddings, later an anti-slavery congressman, who retold the story and in 1857-58 erected the stone monument naming the fallen. A bronze tablet was added in 1914 by the United States Daughters of 1812. The monument is believed to be the first battle monument in Ohio. Surrounding development has blocked the former view of Lake Erie.","period_of_significance":"1812 & 1858 (19th Century)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair and unaltered, on its original site. The surroundings are described as run-down homes, tourist cabins and storage sheds, and the site may be threatened by new construction. Used as a park.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.486794-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/72001038.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990851","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138646553"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ottawa-county/war-of-1812-battle-site-72001038/"}