Author: Richard W. DonleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lake Erie, Battle of, 1813
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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The Role of the Major Participants in the Lake Erie Campaign of 1813
Author: Richard W. DonleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lake Erie, Battle of, 1813
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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A Signal Victory
Author: David C SkaggsPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612512267
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813 is considered by many to be the most important naval confrontation of the War of 1812. Made famous by the American fleet commander Oliver Hazard Perry's comment, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," the battle marked the U.S. Navy's first successful fleet action and was one of the rare occasions when the Royal Navy surrendered an entire squadron. This book draws on British, Canadian, and American documents to offer a totally impartial analysis of all sides of the struggle to control the lake. New diagrams of the battle are included that reflect the authors' modification of traditional positions of various vessels. The book also evaluates the strategic background and tactical conduct of the British and the Americans and the command leadership exercised by Perry and his British opponent, Commander Robert H. Barclay. Not since James Fenimore Cooper's 1843 book on the subject has the battle been examined in such detail, and not since Alfred Thayer Mahan's 1905 study of the war has there been such a significant reinterpretation of the engagement. First published in hardcover in 1997, the book is the winner of the North American Society for Oceanic History's John Lyman Book Award.
Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812: The Winter of 1812-1813. Campaign of 1813 on the lake frontier, to the Battle of Lake Erie. The Campaign of 1813 on the lakes and Northern frontier. The Campaign of 1813 on the lakes and Northern Frontier, after the Battle of Lake Erie. Seaboard maritime operations 1813. Maritime operations external to the waters of the United States, 1813-1814. The Niagara Campaign, and events on the Great Lakes, in 1814. Seaboard operations in 1814. Lake Champlain and New Orleans. The peace negotiations
Author: Alfred Thayer MahanPublisher:
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Category : Sea-power
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
The Winter of 1812-1813. Campaign of 1813 on the lake frontier, to the Battle of Lake Erie. The Campaign of 1813 on the lakes and Northern frontier. The Campaign of 1813 on the lakes and Northern Frontier, after the Battle of Lake Erie. Seaboard maritime operations 1813. Maritime operations external to the waters of the United States, 1813-1814. The Niagara Campaign, and events on the Great Lakes, in 1814. Seaboard operations in 1814. Lake Champlain and New Orleans. The peace negotiations
Author: Alfred Thayer MahanPublisher:
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Category : Sea-power
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Robert Wilden NeeserPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333618360
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Excerpt from The Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813 Before the opening of the next campaign on the lake frontier, in 1813, the American authorities fortunately awoke to the fact that any further movement for the recapture of Detroit and the invasion of Canada would have to depend upon the naval control of Lake Erie, and that that in turn depended in a large measure. Upon their own superiority on Lake Ontario. A plan was there fore urged by Commodore Chauncey which, being duly acted upon by the combined naval and military forces, resulted in the capture of the important British positions at York and Fort George, and in the evacuation by the enemy of their controlling defences opposite Buffalo. The first two steps in Chauncey's program had now been successfully taken. The British had been driven from the Niagara River, and the vessels at Black Rock at last were free to move. Preparations had already been made before hand in anticipation of a victory, and the minute the enemy, in their retreat, abandoned Fort Erie, Perry was on hand to hasten the departure. With great physical labor, the vessels were tracked by oxen up against the current of the Niagara, here set ting heavily toward the falls. On May 27 the British evacuated the opposite shore; on June 12 the vessels were above the rapids, but even then this could not have been accomplished had not the sailors had the assistance of several hundred soldiers furnished by Dearborn. These circumstances well show how hopeless the task would have been had the enemy remained in possession of Fort Iirie. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Battle of Lake Erie and Its Aftermath
Author: David Curtis SkaggsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781606351796
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sequel to: War on the Great Lakes, 1991.
The Naval War of 1812; Or, the History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain, to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans; Volume 1
Author: Theodore RooseveltPublisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780342577903
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
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Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814
Author: David Curtis SkaggsPublisher: Michigan State University Press
ISBN: 9780870139727
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes contains twenty essays concerning not only military and naval operations, but also the political, economic, social, and cultural interactions of individuals and groups during the struggle to control the great freshwater lakes and rivers between the Ohio Valley and the Canadian Shield. Contributing scholars represent a wide variety of disciplines and institutional affiliations from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Collectively, these important essays delineate the common thread, weaving together the series of wars for the North American heartland that stretched from 1754 to 1814. The war for the Great Lakes was not merely a sideshow in a broader, worldwide struggle for empire, independence, self-determination, and territory. Rather, it was a single war, a regional conflict waged to establish hegemony within the area, forcing interactions that divided the Great Lakes nationally and ethnically for the two centuries that followed.
Oliver Hazard Perry
Author: David C SkaggsPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612514391
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Hailed for his decisive victory over a Royal Navy squadron on Lake Erie in September 1813 and best known for his after-action report proclamation We have met the enemy and they are ours, Oliver Hazard Perry was one the early U.S. Navy s most famous heroes. In this modern, scholarly reassessment of the man and his career, Professor David Skaggs emphasizes Perry s place in naval history as an embodiment of the code of honor, an exemplar of combat courage, and a symbol of patriotism to his fellow officers and the American public. It is the first biography of Perry to be published in more than a quarter of a century and the first to offer an even-handed analysis of his career. After completing a thorough examination of primary sources, Skaggs traces Perry s development from a midshipman to commodore where he personified the best in seamanship, calmness in times of stress, and diplomatic skills. But this work is not a hagiographic treatment, for it offers a candid analysis of Perry s character flaws, particularly his short temper and his sometimes ineffective command and control procedures during the battle of Lake Erie. Skaggs also explains how Perry s short but dramatic naval career epitomized the emerging naval professionalism of the young republic, and he demonstrates how the Hero of Lake Erie fits into the most recent scholarship concerning the role of post-revolutionary generation in the development of American national identity. Finally, Skaggs explores in greater detail than anyone before the controversy over the conduct of his Lake Erie second, Jesse Duncan Elliott, that raged on for over a quarter century after Perry's death in 1819.
"Lest We Forget." Oliver Hazard Perry
Author: Annette Persis] [from old catalog] [WardPublisher:
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Category : Lake Erie, Battle of, 1813
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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