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Johnson's Island Cemetery is located in Sandusky Bay on Lake Erie in Ottawa County in the state of Ohio and was home to over 12,000 prisoners and 26 Confederate Generals during the War Between the States This is the OFFICIAL webpage of the JOHNSON'S ISLAND Memorial Project. This project is dedicated to the Confederate soldiers, citizens, and their families, whose lives were forever changed by the War Between the States. Their Mission is to pay a lasting tribute to the fallen men who gave everything to the Cause they so dearly believed. This official project was founded and is managed by the Johnson's Island Committee formed by the LaSalle Corbell Pickett Chapter 2070 and the Lt. General James Longstreet Camp 1658 members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans respectively. Other wonderful links to Johnson's
Island
War of 1812 and Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial During the War of 1812 the fleet of Commodore Oliver H. Perry
South
Bass Island Lighthouse Port Clinton Lighthouse located at Brands Marina
The Lakeside Daisy
The only natural U.S. population of Lakeside daisy;
also good summer prairie wildflowers. The Lakeside Daisy Preserve
encompasses 19 acres of the old limestone quarries on the Marblehead
Peninsula of Lake Erie in Ottawa County. ODNR-
Lakeside Daisy
Lakeside, Ohio Lakeside Association, The Chautauqua on Lake Erie, Lakeside,
Ohio, a summer resort for traditional Christian values, Sunday
worship, entertainment, shopping dining, lodging, real estate,
rentals, in a Chautauqua style located on the shores of Lake Erie.
Port Clinton History Veterans Park. West down Second Street, one block is a boulevard in the center of Monroe Street known as Veteran's Park. This was originally called the Upper Market Space where the area farmers would congregate to sell their harvest. Now it is a well-groomed park. Note the marker dedicated to Co. C, 192nd Tank Co. The unit, formerly the National Guard unit in Port Clinton, was captured by the Japanese with the fall of the Philippines in 1941 and force to endure the infamous "Bataan Death March." Ottawa County
Court House. Just north of the Jr. High, in the
Sandusky History
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put in near South Bass Island before defeating the British in
the Battle of Lake Erie. The site is now called Put-in-Bay. Perry's
ship "Niagara" flew a banner with the words "Don't
give up the ship." Afterwards, Perry reported to General
Harrison the well-known words, "We have met the enemy and
they are ours..." The Peace Monument at Put-in-Bay entombs
both the American and British officers killed in the battle.
center
of North Park stands that Ottawa County Courthouse. This is the
third courthouse on this site. The citizens of Ottawa County voted
to spend $50,000 on a new courthouse on June 23, 1893. Work was
completed on May 25, 1901. The total cost of the building was
$61,500. A memorial tablet containing the names of soldiers who
served in the Civil War and the Spanish-American Ware from Ottawa
County was set into a wall of the courthouse. These tablets may
still be seen on the north wall of the assembly room on the first
floor. On display in the lobby is a copy of William H. Powell's
painting "The Battle of Lake Erie." The original is
in the national capital. The dome on the third floor has a series
of paintings showing the major industries in the county. Enjoy
the park with well-groomed lawn, flower gardens, and benches.
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