[1rudeboy]

When I went to school in Ann Arbor (ok, spare me the jibes), I placed a visit to this location near the top of my list. None of my friends were interested (grumble), so I went by myself. I show up, and the place is deserted, so I knock on the door of the "vistors' center" (if you can call it that) and a very nice man gave me a private tour. I asked him if I could walk around outside for a while, and he said, "sure."

My recollection is that it seemed to be a very odd place to have a fight . . . the terrain was very unremarkable. Without looking up the history (and which I do not remember), it struck me that both sides met "in transit."

[cripplecreek]

It was actually two battles. The Americans won the first one and didn’t wait for reinforcements making the disastrous decision to attack again.

Its called the River Raisin because of the wild grape vines that cover this whole area. I can’t imagine what it would have been like trying to get around in this area before roads.

[madison10]

It "should" look like more now. The location has become a National Park (which was of course closed during what's-his-face's temper tantrum)

River Raisin Battlefield

Lived in this county 99% of my life, but IMHO General George Armstrong Custer was a preening jerk.