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The Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813 is considered by many to be the most important naval confrontation of the War of 1812. Made famous by the American fleet commander Oliver Hazard Perry's comment, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," the battle marked the U.S. Navy's first successful fleet action and was one of the rare occasions when the Royal Navy surrendered an entire squadron. This book draws on British, Canadian, and American documents to offer a totally impartial analysis of all sides of the struggle to control the lake. New diagrams of the battle are included that reflect the authors' modification of traditional positions of various vessels. The book also evaluates the strategic background and tactical conduct of the British and the Americans and the command leadership exercised by Perry and his British opponent, Commander Robert H. Barclay. Not since James Fenimore Cooper's 1843 book on the subject has the battle been examined in such detail, and not since Alfred Thayer Mahan's 1905 study of the war has there been such a significant reinterpretation of the engagement. First published in hardcover in 1997, the book is the winner of the North American Society for Oceanic History's John Lyman Book Award.
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robert grimes
reviewed A Signal Victory: The Lake Erie Campaign, 1812-1813 on June 30, 2009 A Signal Victory: The Lake Erie Campaign, 1812-1813
David Curtis Skaggs' and Gerard Altoff's A Signal Victory is an impressive account of the Lake Erie Campaign. The authors are experts on Oliver Hazard Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie, Skaggs is a PhD in History and Altoff is a National Park Ranger at the Perry's Victory and Peace Memorial in Put in Bay Ohio. These two men have a unique insight to the battle and the events leading up to and after the battle. Their insights are interesting in that the interpretation I have heard is Perry's victory secured the Northern borders of the United States but Skaggs and Althoff describe that the campaign on the lakes was a way to divert attention from the St Lawrence River and the best way to attain the goals for the US to take over Canada.
The book focuses only on the campaign and does not pull any punches. They describe Perry as impetuous and give examples to support their statements when some books show him as cool and lucky. They don't shy from the controversy about Jesse Duncan Elliot and allow the reader to surmise his role in the Decatur/Barron duel in 1820 as a way to cover Elliot's conduct in the Battle of Lake Erie. At the end of the book I was left feeling that I understood the campaign better but there was only one loose end for me Perry's experience during the Battle of the Thames and if he did participate in the battle as reported in at least one book.
The book is highly recommended for anyone wanting to know more about Perry or the war on the lakes. Some other recommended books are
or For a better background on Jesse Duncan Elliot the following books are suggested A Rage for Glory: The Life of Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN and
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