The first walk across Lake Erie ... fleet in Erie. Elliott was second in command to Oliver Hazard Perry during the battle and afterward succeeded him as commander of the American naval squadron ...

Oliver Hazard Perry, the U.S naval officer who won a decisive victory against the Royal Navy on Lake Erie during the War of 1812—“We have met the enemy and they are ours,” he declared ...

Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key figures in the War of 1812, apparently crossed the frozen lake in the winter ... commander of the American naval squadron at Erie. "The exertions made at ...