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Few naval battles in American history have left a more enduring impression on America's national consciousness than the Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry's battle flag emblazoned with the message "Don't Give Up the Ship”, now enshrined at the US Naval Academy, has become a naval maxim. This collection celebrates the bicentennial of the American victory with a review of the battle and its consequences.

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Few naval battles in American history have left a more enduring impression on America's national consciousness than the Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry's battle flag emblazoned with the message "Don't Give Up the Ship”, now enshrined at the US Naval Academy, has become a naval maxim. This collection celebrates the bicentennial of the American victory with a review of the battle and its consequences.
Autorenporträt
David Curtis Skaggs is a well-known authority on the War of 1812. He is professor emeritus of history at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. A retired colonel in the Army Reserves, Skaggs has written and edited numerous books including A Signal Victory: The Lake Erie Campaign, 1812-1813 and coedited with William Jeffrey Welsh War on the Great Lakes: Essays Commemorating the 175th Anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie (The Kent State University Press, 1991).