"We have met the enemy and they are ours."
Battle for lake Erie. War of 1812
Captain Oliver Hazard Perry won the battle of Lake *Erie.
Oliver Hazard Perry
Oliver Hazard
Commodore Oliver Perry commanded the flagship USS Lawrence which surrendered after being almost destroyed. He then transferred to the USS Niagara and took over from its captain Jesse Elliot.
That was Master Commandant [later Commodore] Oliver Hazard Perry. The Battle of Lake Erie [sometimes referred to as the Battle of Put-in-Bay], was fought on September 10, 1813, during the War of 1812.
Oliver Hazard Perry
oliver hazard perry
Oliver Hazard Perry
Commandore and in charge of the "Battle of Lake Erie."
Oliver Hazard Payne was born in 1839.
Oliver Hazard Payne died in 1917.