The Soldiers of Fort Mackinac: An Illustrated History Colonial Michilimackinac we have decided to make

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and shortcomings of French relations with allied Native people

By the late 1830s the decline of the fur trade and acquisition of Native American lands that resulted in the creation of the state of Michigan diminished the fort's strategic value

Military historians and readers interested in Mackinac's rich military history will appreciate the interesting and visually compelling story of soldier life at Fort Mackinac in The Soldiers of Fort Mackinac: An Illustrated History

Charles de Raymond

The Soldiers of Fort Mackinac: An Illustrated History Colonial Michilimackinac we have decided to makeFort Mackinac was home to more than 4,500 British and U. S. soldiers between 1780 and 1895. These soldiers constructed buildings and walls, drilled on the parade ground, marched sentry beats, and performed myriad maintenance and administrative duties in support of the fort's strategic military function. That function varied greatly over the fort's 115 year history. During the first half century of its occupation the island fort protected and