Perry’s Longboat

Perry’s Longboat. Put-in-Bay, Ohio. , War Declared , June 18, 1812, United States declares war on the British for free trade, along with sailor’s rights and Indigenous People’s rights on the frontier., Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry arrives in Presque Isle, PA in March of 1813 to oversee the building of a fleet, challenging British control of the Great Lakes., In August, Perry sails to Sandusky, OH making plans with General William Henry Harrison to engage the British fleet of Put-in-Bay., Battle of Lake Erie , On the morning of September 10, 1813, with many men sick with dysentery, Perry sails out to engage Commander Barclay’s British Fleet, his “Dont Give Up the Ship” ensign flying., Later that day, the Brig. Lawrence, badly damaged and many crew dead or injured, Perry transfers in a longboat to the Brig Niagara and defeats the British fleet., Late November, with Tecumseh defeated and Lake Erie secured, Oliver Hazard Perry is sent back East a hero., 200 Years of Peace , Christmas Eve 1814: The Treaty of Ghent is signed but not yet ratified by congress., January 1815: General Andrew Jackson defeats the British in the Battle of New Orleans., Finally in February the US Congress ratifies the longest standing treaty in US history.