The first land battle of the war took place in July 1812, when British soldiers ... by the British after the Battle of Lake Erie; retreating British soldiers fought and lost the nearby Battle ...

It’s 19 degrees with a brisk wind blowing off Lake ... the War of 1812. On this ground, hundreds of U.S. soldiers died in a defeat so stinging that it spawned a vengeful American battle cry ...

who posted about the feat on his Battle of Lake Erie Facebook page. Daniel Dobbins and Commodore Jesse Elliott walked across the lake in the winter of 1813-14, according to Dobbins' recollections ...

The first Memorial Day observance at the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in ... tried to drown himself in Lake Erie on July 5, 1888. "He had been drinking quite heavily of late, and ...

With momentum on their side, the British shifted to an offensive strategy, capturing Detroit in the summer of 1812 and ... during the Battle of York, forcing him to scavenge for weapons at local forts ...

It is, however, also the Great Lake most impacted by human activity." American military heroics on the lake during the War of 1812 played ... says. The Battle of Lake Erie took place off the ...