The book Oliver Hazard Perry And the Battle of Lake Erie was written by author James Cooke Mills Here you can read free online of Oliver Hazard Perry And the Battle of Lake Erie book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Oliver Hazard Perry And the Battle of Lake Erie a good or bad book?
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Bj obtaining the command of the upper lakes, which the British as yet possessed without dispute, he would open the way for the army of General Harrison to recover the vast territory of Michigan, which com- prised several of the present states along the lakes. It was the want of such supremacy on the water that had lost Hull and Winchester, and their forces, at Detroit and Michilimackinac, and still impeded the purposes of Harrison. Without free and uninterrupted navigation of the lake for the t...ransportation of military stores and supplies, the maintenance of the army, which was nearly always operating on the defensive and often under siege, was attended with great difficulty. The route along the lake shore was almost impassable, and the line of road through the forest and prairie could be traced by the wrecks of wagons, clinging tenaciously to the rich, miry soil. Under such conditions it was natural that General Harrison should have looked upon the naval force on the lake as the savior of the critical situation.
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