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The Battle of Lake Erie

The first U.S. fleet victory, September 10, 1813

Several hours after Commodore Oliver H. Perry engaged the British Navy in battle, his flagship Lawrence was reduced to a wreck. Undaunted, the young American commander carried his famous battle flag, "Don't Give Up the Ship," and transferred to the undamaged brig, the Niagara.

As depicted in this view, the wind had freshened and the Niagara charged through the British line performing the classic naval maneuver of "crossing the T." The Niagara's unrelenting cannon fire weakened the enemy ships to such an extent that within fifteen minutes of its first broadside, the Royal Navy signaled her first surrender of an entire fleet.

The Battle of Lake Erie was the first U.S. fleet victory and it decisively reaffirmed independence from Britain as well as U.S. control of the West.

23.5 x 31.5 in. lithograph - 480 edition