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First walks across frozen Lake Erie may have been for reconnaissance during War of 1812
The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to be in 1912, when a 19-year-old North East man crossed the frozen lake. "It had never been done before," the Erie Times-News said ...
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Lake Erie to be searched for War of 1812 debris
VERMILION, Ohio -- Researchers want to know whether the bottom of Lake Erie is littered with cannonballs and other ammunition from a pivotal naval battle that was part of the War of 1812. With the ...
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The Great Lakes region played a key role in the War of 1812, and you can visit several important sites
Ontario Control of Fort Erie, built by the British as a supply depot in 1764, shifted several times during the War of 1812, because of its important location on the Niagara River at Lake Erie ...
Smithsonian Magazine10d
The Battle of Lake Erie
The War of 1812 was the first war the new United States ... In 1813, he was given command of a fleet of ships that was being built on Lake Erie. His task: break the British stranglehold in the ...
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The War of 1812’s Forgotten Battle Cry
It’s 19 degrees with a brisk wind blowing off Lake Erie as the men of Lacroix Company ... of one of the bloodiest battlefields of the War of 1812. On this ground, hundreds of U.S. soldiers ...
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Remembering A 'Brave,' 'Lucky' Hero In The War Of 1812
Perry's remarkable victory over the British changed the course of the War of 1812 ... in the Battle of Lake Erie. A Bit Of History America had brashly declared war in 1812 to stop the British ...
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The Battle of Lake Erie: The Naval Clash Between Americans and British That Prevented an Invasion From Canada
In other words, Lake Erie and the Niagara Peninsula came under the control of the victors, eliminating the possibility of an enemy invasion from that point and ensuring the safety of Ohio, ...
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War of 1812: Impressment, Napoleon, and the American Struggle
The War of 1812, often overlooked in American history ... such as Oliver Hazard Perry's triumph on Lake Erie and Andrew Jackson's defense of New Orleans, bolstered American morale.
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Chautauqua County Had Role In War Of 1812
A notable event for Chautauqua County during the War of 1812 is of the burning of Buffalo. What is now the city of Buffalo began as a settlement known as Black Rock, one of the first settlements on ...
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AN INCIDENT OF WAR TIMES; Capture of the Lake Erie Steamer Philo Parsons by Rebels. TOLD BY A PARTICIPANT IS THE AFFAIR Unsuccessful Attempt to Free Several Thousand ...
To look up from a peaceful cigar and behold a sixteen-inch revolver pointed at one's head, to be metamorphosed from a tourist into a prisoner of war in the twinkling of an eye, to argue vainly ...
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First walks across frozen Lake Erie may have been for reconnaissance during War of 1812
Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key figures in the War of 1812, apparently crossed the frozen lake in the winter of 1813-14. The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to ...