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Article: Oliver Hazard Perry
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Oliver Hazard Perry
Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819) was the American naval officer in command during the Sept. 10, 1813, victory on Lake Erie, one of the great American naval triumphs of the War of 1812.
Oliver Hazard Perry was born in South Kingston, R.I., on Aug. 20, 1785. He received his elementary education there. In 1799 he served as midshipman with his father, Capt. Christopher Raymond Perry, in the West Indies during the quasi-war with France. He also served in the Mediterranean during the Tripolitan War, performing creditably.
Perry was in command of a flotilla at Newport, Va., when war broke out in 1812, but he was given command of American naval forces on Lake Erie in March ...
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...Perry, Oliver Hazard (1785–1819) and Matthew ... enjoyed distinguished careers. Oliver Hazard Perry in 1798 became a midshipman on board ... Dillon , We Have Met the Enemy: Oliver Hazard Perry , 1978. James C. Bradford
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