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    American Revolution - Battle of Lake Erie
    Quote Originally Posted by halie satanus


    Who's shooting at who here is that the first case of friendly fire?
    To clarify this painting. That was not friendly fire. The Battle of Lake Erie was a decisive battle in the War of 1812 that assured US control over the Northwestern territories and the Great Lakes. The naval engagement took place on September 10, 1813 off the coast of Ohio near Put-in-Bay. This battle came after a series of loses in this theatre of warfare for the US forces. The importance of this battle is the fact that it opened up US supply lines and boosted morale. This victory opend up the way for an invasion of Canada and the Battle of Thames that forced the stalemate in the war.

    British Commodore Robert Heriot Barclay, in his flagship the HMS Detroit, met Captain Oliver Hazard Perry near Put-in-Bay, Ohio. Barclay's six ships outweighed and outgunned Perry's nine, including Perry's flagship, the USS Lawrence. The Lawrence faced an unfavourable wind and was destroyed in the course of the battle with four-fifths of its crew killed or wounded. Perry, living up to his middle name rowed a half-mile through heavy gunfire to transfer command to Niagara, which had for some reason not yet engaged the British. Perry charged the British line again with the Niagara and boarded the HMS Detroit which had suffered some damage. The crew of the Niagara was able to capture it, along with the other five British ships. Although Perry won the battle on the Niagara, he received the British surrender on the deck of the Lawrence so as to allow the British to see the terrible price his men had suffered.

    After the battle Olive Hazard Perry wrote his no famous letter to General Harrison:
    Dear General:

    We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
    Yours with great respect and esteem,
    O.H. Perry
    Because of the US victory over the esteem British naval forces Detroit and Canada were cut off from supplies and Detroit was abandoned. This also prevented British attacks due to the lack of over water supplies and reinforcements. This Battle was one of the most decisive in the whole war. Another important thing to note is that O.H. Perry was the first man in history to capture an entire British fleet.

    British Fleet:
    2 schooners
    1 corvette
    1 ship
    1 brig
    1 sloop

    Commander Robert Heriot Barclay:
    HMS Detroit (flag) - 2-24pdr, 1-18pdr, 6-12pdr, 8-9pdr, 1-24pdr carronade, 1-18pdr carronade
    HMS General Hunter - 2-6pdr, 4-4pdr, 2-12pdr carronades
    HMS Chippewa 1-9pdr
    Commander Robert Finnis:
    HMS Queen Charlotte 2-12pdr, 1-12pdr, 14-24pdr carronades
    HMS Lady Prevost 2-9pdr, 1-9pdr, 10-12pdr carronades
    HMS Little Belt 1-9pdr, 2-6pdr

    US Fleet:
    4 schooners
    2 brigs
    3 sloops

    Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry:
    USS Lawrence - 2-12pdr, 18-32pdr carronades
    USS Caledonia - 2-24pdr, 1-32pdr carronade
    USS Ariel - 4-12pdr
    USS Somers - 1-24pdr, 1-32pdr carronade
    USS Scorpion - 1-32pdr, 1-24pdr carronade
    Master Commandant Jesse Elliot:
    USS Niagara - 2-12pdr, 18-32pdr carronades
    USS Porcupine - 1-32pdr
    USS Tigress - 1-32pdr
    USS Trippe - 1-32pdr

    British Causalties:
    41 dead
    94 wounded
    6 ships captured

    US Causalties
    27 dead
    96 wounded
    1 ship lost

    After the war, the U.S. Navy intentionally sank both Lawrence and Niagara in Misery Bay in Lake Erie; the battle damage they had suffered was too extensive to repair. In 1875, Lawrence was raised and moved to Philadelphia, where it was displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Later that year the ship burned when the pavilion that housed it caught fire. Although Niagara was raised and restored in 1913, it subsequently fell into disrepair. It was eventually disassembled and portions of it were used in a reconstructed Niagara, which is now on view in Erie, Pennsylvania.The Perry Monument within Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial now stands atop Put-in-Bay, commemorating the men who fought in the battle.

    So halie satanus, that is not friendly fire. That is the USS Niagara waiting for Olive Hazard Perry to assume command and charge the British fleet and snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat.
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