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    Barclay's squadron had worked to windward of the Americans throughout the night, but by dawn they were hove to ready for battle. As the morning wore on, they assembled themselves into their battle or

    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

    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.

    September 11, 1813, the day after the battle as the combined squadron of 15 American ships and captured British return to Put-in-Bay in a westerly wind and pleasant conditions. While spectators marve

    Watercolour on wove paper

    Illustration from the article by by Constance F. Woolson, "Wine Islands of Lake Erie," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, June 1873, p. 29

    Illustration from the article by by Constance F. Woolson, "Wine Islands of Lake Erie," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, June 1873, p. 34

   

   

    View of Put-in-Bay from Gibraltar -- Arrival of Steamers from Cleveland, Detroit and Toledo