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Fort Shelby Cemetery

Also known as Military Reserve Cemetery

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

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  • Get directions Michigan Avenue and Washington Boulevard
    Detroit, Michigan 48226 United States
    Coordinates: 42.33157, -83.05071
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Fort Shelby was centered on the present -day intersection of Fort Street and Shelby Street in downtown Detroit and bounded by Michigan Avenue, Griswold Street, W. Congress Street and Cass Avenue.

The cemetery is listed in the Wayne County Michigan Cemeteries US GENNET. It is also listed Library of Michigan County Map Book of Cemeteries.

The cemetery is no longer in existence

A Historical Marker erected Sept. 12 1963 is located at the Southeast corner of Michigan and Washington Boulevard to commemorate the " WAR OF 1812 DEAD" of Fort Shelby
(Formally known as Fort Detroit) On December 1 1813 an epidemic broke out, perhaps cholera. Soldiers died so rapidly that many were buried in a common grave at the site of the Historical Maker. It is thought that as many as 700 troops of the 1300 stationed at the Fort died of disease throughout the following winter.








Fort Shelby was centered on the present -day intersection of Fort Street and Shelby Street in downtown Detroit and bounded by Michigan Avenue, Griswold Street, W. Congress Street and Cass Avenue.

The cemetery is listed in the Wayne County Michigan Cemeteries US GENNET. It is also listed Library of Michigan County Map Book of Cemeteries.

The cemetery is no longer in existence

A Historical Marker erected Sept. 12 1963 is located at the Southeast corner of Michigan and Washington Boulevard to commemorate the " WAR OF 1812 DEAD" of Fort Shelby
(Formally known as Fort Detroit) On December 1 1813 an epidemic broke out, perhaps cholera. Soldiers died so rapidly that many were buried in a common grave at the site of the Historical Maker. It is thought that as many as 700 troops of the 1300 stationed at the Fort died of disease throughout the following winter.








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  • Added: 10 Aug 2017
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2648464