Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . MOUTH OFOASCADB CREEK, WHERE PERRTS FLEET WAS BUILT. batteries, two block-houses, and the whole government took vigorous action in theline of British intrenchments were in the matter. Isaac Chauncey was in commandhands of the Americans. Fort Erie was of a little squadron on Lake Ontario lat« 257 ERIE, LAKE, BATTLE ON. PERRYS BATTLE FLAG. in 1812, and Capt. Oliver Hazard Perry,a zealous young naval officer, of Rhode Isl-and, who was in command of a flotilla ofgunboats on the
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . MOUTH OFOASCADB CREEK, WHERE PERRTS FLEET WAS BUILT. batteries, two block-houses, and the whole government took vigorous action in theline of British intrenchments were in the matter. Isaac Chauncey was in commandhands of the Americans. Fort Erie was of a little squadron on Lake Ontario lat« 257 ERIE, LAKE, BATTLE ON. PERRYS BATTLE FLAG. in 1812, and Capt. Oliver Hazard Perry,a zealous young naval officer, of Rhode Isl-and, who was in command of a flotilla ofgunboats on the Newport station, offeredhis services on the Lakes. Chauncey de-sired his services, and on Feb. 17 Perry re-ceived orders from the Secretary of theNavy to report to Chauncey with all pos-sible despatch, and to take with him toSacketts Harbor all of the best men ofthe flotilla at Newport. He sent them for-ward, in companies of fifty, under Sailing-Masters Almy, Champlin, and Taylor. Hemet Chauncey at Albany, and they jour-neyed together in a sleigh through thethen wilderness to Sacketts Harbor. InMarch Perry went to Presque Isle (nowErie, Pa.) to hasten the construction andequipment of a little navy there designedto co-operate with General Harrison in at-tempts to recover Michigan. Four vesselswere speedily built at Erie, and five otherswere taken to that well-sheltered harborfrom Black Rock, near Buffalo, whereHenry Eckford (7. v
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