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Article: Oliver Hazard Perry
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Oliver Hazard Perry 1785-1819, American naval officer, b. South Kingstown, R.I.; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry. Appointed a midshipman in 1799, he served in the Tripolitan War, was promoted to lieutenant (1807), and from 1807 to 1809 was engaged in building gunboats. In the War of 1812 he was commissioned to build, equip, and man a fleet at Erie, Pa. On Sept. 10, 1813, Perry's fleet left Put-in-Bay, Ohio, and met a slightly inferior British force. In the subsequent battle, the battle of Lake Erie, Perry's flagship, the
Lawrence,
was reduced to ruins, but he transferred his flag to the
Niagara
and shortly forced the British to surrender. His report of the battle sent to Gen. ...
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Article: Perry
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...Perry, Canada, USA USA: twelve cities have this name, a substantial number in tribute to Captain Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), an American naval officer who gained almost...status after defeating a British squadron at the Battle of Lake Erie in the 1812 war. Perrysburg in New York and ...
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