War of 1812 Burial Grounds
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War of 1812 Burial Grounds

Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, New York, USA

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    Sackets Harbor, New York, USA
    Coordinates: 43.95124, -76.11246
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In 1816, the first phase of Madison Barracks was constructed by the 2nd US Infantry under the command of Colonel Hugh Brady at Sacket's Harbor. Before 1820, the remains of soldiers (officers and some 141 unknown soldiers) who were killed in action in the War of 1812, or who died of sickness on the frontier, were collected and buried within the pickets of Madison Barracks. Among those buried here and later reinterred at the new military cemetery were Brigadier Generals Leonard Wailes Covington and Zebulon Montgomery Pike.


Beginning in July 1909, a total of 256 bodies were removed and reinterred at the military cemetery (id # 65271) on the south side of Dodge Avenue approximately 1/2 mile to the southeast. Original markers of wood had long since disintegrated so that many graves removed to the their new location bear simply a "US Soldier" marker.


A stone marker with plaque marks the site of this original military cemetery location. The inscription on the plaque reads: "This monument is dedicated to the memory of those American fighting men who lost their lives in the War of 1812 on this northern frontier. These grounds were made hallowed when the remains of more than 200 soldiers, unknown but for their deeds, were buried here between 1812 and 1815. Their earthly remains lay long forgotten until rediscovered at this site in 1988, once headquarters of the Army of the Northern Frontier, located at Fort Pike, and later renamed Madison Barracks."

In 1816, the first phase of Madison Barracks was constructed by the 2nd US Infantry under the command of Colonel Hugh Brady at Sacket's Harbor. Before 1820, the remains of soldiers (officers and some 141 unknown soldiers) who were killed in action in the War of 1812, or who died of sickness on the frontier, were collected and buried within the pickets of Madison Barracks. Among those buried here and later reinterred at the new military cemetery were Brigadier Generals Leonard Wailes Covington and Zebulon Montgomery Pike.


Beginning in July 1909, a total of 256 bodies were removed and reinterred at the military cemetery (id # 65271) on the south side of Dodge Avenue approximately 1/2 mile to the southeast. Original markers of wood had long since disintegrated so that many graves removed to the their new location bear simply a "US Soldier" marker.


A stone marker with plaque marks the site of this original military cemetery location. The inscription on the plaque reads: "This monument is dedicated to the memory of those American fighting men who lost their lives in the War of 1812 on this northern frontier. These grounds were made hallowed when the remains of more than 200 soldiers, unknown but for their deeds, were buried here between 1812 and 1815. Their earthly remains lay long forgotten until rediscovered at this site in 1988, once headquarters of the Army of the Northern Frontier, located at Fort Pike, and later renamed Madison Barracks."

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