The Battle of Lake Erie and Its Aftermath: A Reassessment

Contents

Contents Introduction 1 Part I: Military Operations The Maumee River Campaign, 1812–1813 11 Larry L. Nelson Gaining Naval Dominance on Lake Erie 32 David Curtis Skaggs “It Is Better to Make a Signal Than to Curse One’s Subordinates”: Oliver Hazard Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie 44 Michael A. Palmer Invading Canada: Joint Operations Across Lake Erie 62 David Curtis Skaggs “No One Acquired Any Military Glory in This Affair”: The American Attempt to Retake Mackinac, 1814 81 Brian Leigh Dunnigan Part II: Consequences Odyssey’s End: The Battle of Lake Erie and the Failure of the Delaware Indian Struggle for Autonomy 101 Daniel P. Barr “The Disagreeablest Night I Ever Saw”: John Tipton, Tippecanoe, and the Dissolution of the Middle Ground 126 Ginette Aley The Late War: Black Hawk and the Legacies of Violence in the Great Lakes Region 143 John P. Bowes The Aftermath of Victory: The Settlement of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the Surrounding Region 157 Phyllis Gernhardt “A Gallant and Valuable Officer”: The Naval Career of Thomas Holdup Stevens, 1809–1841 177 Charles E. Brodine Jr. Part III: Memory Not Pretty, but Beautiful: Oliver Hazard Perry’s Battle Flag 219 Deborah Lee Trupin and J. Scott Harmon Observations on the Sailing Characteristics of the U.S. Brig Niagara 236 Walter P. Rybka Bibliography 250 List of Contributors 264 Index 267 vi contents ...