FORT MOREAU

    FORT MOREAU -The embankment consisted the centre and key point of the American line of defense during the battle.  The 6th and 29th regiments

of infantry under Col. Melanothon Smith manned it.  It was named after a French General who was banished to America due to Napoleon's jealousy. 

The skeletons of 25 soldiers believed to have died here during the battle were unearthed in 1892 when the ground was being leveled for the parade ground.  The bodies were reburied in the Post Cemetery with full military honors.