The Battle of Lake Erie
Detroit could have been very different if Captain Oliver Hazard Perry lost the Battle of Lake Erie. In the War of 1812, Captain Perry led a fleet of eight U.S. Navy ships against six British Navy ships for control over Detroit and the territorial northwest. With guns blazing, Captain Perry charged the British frontline, forcing surrender.
His telegraph to U.S. General William Henry Harrison said, “We have met the enemy, and they are ours.”
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