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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Erie , Lake , battle on. (search)
Erie, Lake, battle on.
Who should be masters of Lake Erie was an important question to be solved in 1813.
The United States government did not fulfil its promise to Hull to provide means for securing the naval supremacy on Lake Erie.
The necessity for such an attainment was so obvious before the close of 1812 that the government took vigorous action in the matter.
Isaac Chauncey was in command of a little squadron on Lake Ontario late
Perry's battle flag. in 1812, and Capt. Oliver Hazard Perry, a zealous young naval officer, of Rhode Island, who was in command of a flotilla of gunboats on the Newport station, offered his services on the Lakes.
Chauncey desired his services, and on Feb. 17 Perry received orders from the Secretary of the Navy to report to Chauncey with all possible despatch, and to take with him to Sackett's Harbor all of the best men of the flotilla at Newport.
He sent them forward, in companies of fifty, under Sailing-Masters Almy, Champlin, and Taylor.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gaines , Edmund Pendleton 1777 -1849 (search)
Gaines, Edmund Pendleton 1777-1849
Military officer; born in Culpeper county, Va., March 20, 1777; removed with his family to Tennessee in 1790; entered the army as ensign in 1799; and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the summer of 1812.
He rose to brigadier-general in March, 1814; and after his gallant conduct at Fort Erie in August, that year, he was brevetted major-general.
For that exploit, and
Edmund Pendleton Gaines. his general good services during the war, Congress gave him thanks and a gold medal.
Gaines served under Jackson in the Creek War, and fought the Seminoles in 1836.
Late in life he married Myra Clark, of New Orleans, heiress of a large estate, who, after his death, became
General Gaines's medal. famous for her successful persistence in litigation to secure her rights.
He died in New Orleans, June 6. 1849.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gardner , Charles K. 1787 -1869 (search)
Gardner, Charles K. 1787-1869
Military officer; born in Morris county, N. J., in 1787; joined the army in May, 1808; served in the War of 1812, being present at the actions of Chrysler's Field, Chippewa, Niagara, and Fort Erie; was in the Treasury Department in 1850-67.
His publications include A dictionary of commissioned officers who have served in the army of the United States from 1789 to 1853; A compendium of military tactics; and A permanent designation of companies, and Company books, by the first letters of the alphabet.
He died in Washington, D. C., Nov. 1, 1869.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Izard , George 1777 -1828 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lundy's Lane , battle of. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McRee , William 1787 -1832 (search)
McRee, William 1787-1832
Military officer; born in Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 13, 1787; graduated at West Point in 1805, and entered the corps of engineers.
He was major in July, 1812; became chief engineer on the northern frontier, and was brevetted colonel for services in defence of Fort Erie in August, 1814.
He was sent to France by Major Thayer in 1816, to collect scientific and military information for the benefit of the Military Academy at West Point, of which Thayer was then superintendent.
Promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1818, he resigned in 1819, and was surveyor of public lands in the Mississippi region from 1825 to 1832.
He died in St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 10, 1832.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ohio land Company , the (search)