The strategy relied on greater. surveillance of both inmates and. visitors,increased frequency of. random urinalysis,more cell. searches and surprise raids, and increased use of drug-. sniffing dogs.
Although no actual battles were fought in Michigan, menâand womenâfrom the state served throughout the war in more than 50 Michigan regiments of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and engineers, as well as in regiments of other states.
In the years after 1776, Michigan was part of the region known as the Old Northwest. The British maintained forts in the Northwest until the 1790s, and briefly retook much of the region in the War of 1812. During the same period, four eastern states--Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut--had overlapping claims in the region. Source: Atlas of Michigan, ed.