Brief Sketches of the Officers Who Were in the Battle of Lake Erie
Brief Sketches of the Officers Who Were in the Battle of Lake Erie
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0. H. Perry.
" At the age of sixteen, his great desire to become a sailor, and his natural aversion to farming, induced him to leave his paternal roof and adopt the seaman's life as a profession; which profession he success- fully followed, passing through all the grades, until, after a lapse of six years, he found himself in command of a ship out of N(n-wich.
" At this period, on the 22d May, 1812, war about being declared against Great Britain, he was appointed sailing-master in the navy, and... commanded a gun boat, under Com. 0. H. Perrj^ at Newport.
"He was then ordered to join Com. 0. H. Perry at Erie. On his arrival he was appointed to the command of the Scorpion, in which vessel he tof)k an active part in the battle of Lake Erie; leading the van and firing the first gun bj' the order of the commodore, and the last while in the pursuit of the Little Belt, which vessel he was ena- bled to capture and bring back to the sc^uadron at about ten o'clock the same night.
" Subsequently to this he was, by Com.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
0. H. Perry.
" At the age of sixteen, his great desire to become a sailor, and his natural aversion to farming, induced him to leave his paternal roof and adopt the seaman's life as a profession; which profession he success- fully followed, passing through all the grades, until, after a lapse of six years, he found himself in command of a ship out of N(n-wich.
" At this period, on the 22d May, 1812, war about being declared against Great Britain, he was appointed sailing-master in the navy, and... commanded a gun boat, under Com. 0. H. Perrj^ at Newport.
"He was then ordered to join Com. 0. H. Perry at Erie. On his arrival he was appointed to the command of the Scorpion, in which vessel he tof)k an active part in the battle of Lake Erie; leading the van and firing the first gun bj' the order of the commodore, and the last while in the pursuit of the Little Belt, which vessel he was ena- bled to capture and bring back to the sc^uadron at about ten o'clock the same night.
" Subsequently to this he was, by Com.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Usher Parsons to read onlineMoreLess
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