Rindlisbacher Marine Art

    The British under Millar Worsley hid Nancy two miles up the Nottawassauga River, but the American squadron still discovered her and attacked. She was hit by an American-installed howitzer shell that

    Another view of the climax as the Niagara rakes the two fouled British ships at close range. Each carronade on the American ship was double-shotted, causing horrendous damage on the British vessels.

    The American squadron at anchor in Put-in-Bay, off South Bass Island, September 9, 1813, at about 9:30 p.m., based on the angle and location of the moon that night. The weather conditions are consist

    A backwater lake port before the war, Sackets Harbour, under the command of Commodore Chauncey , grew to become the largest American naval base on the Great Lakes. The Oneida, an 18-gun flagship, is

    One of the many ironies of the war was the return of the remains of Col. Alexander Grant, an impressively influential British military leader who resided in the U. S. He was returned in a humble cano

    In his re-flagged command vessel Niagara, Perry executes the classic "crossing of the 'T'" in the climax of the Battle of Lake Erie at about 2:45 p.m., September 10, 1813.

    The British ships had been sighted at dawn and Perry's vessels were ordered underway soon after. The American squadron emerged from Put-in-Bay, about 8:00 a.m., September 10, 1813, with Gibralter Isl

    The schooner Tigress visits the captured ships quartered in the Bay. The ships had been built with three masts each but only a single mast survived a storm that struck after the Battle of Lake Erie.

   

    In the first foray against the British early in the war, Fort Malden was weakly defended. At this time, the actions of the flagship Queen Charlotte enfilading U. S. forces along the shore gained time