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Fifty Stories from Ohio History

Fifty Stories from Ohio History

Martzolff, Clement Luther

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ISBN10: 115105237X
ISBN13: 9781151052377
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 46
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.35 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1917 Excerpt: ... A Great Victory WHEN YOU go to the Capitol, in Columbus, you cannot fail to see a very large and handsome painting hanging in the rotunda. It is a picture showing a scene at the Battle of Lake Erie, which occurred in 1813. It shows a brave act of a very brave man. If he had not performed this heroic part, the battle would have resulted differently. The man you see standing in the boat is Commodore Oliver H. Perry, the hero of the battle. It is of him and this famous victory we wish to write Our country and England were then engaged in war. There had been much jealousy, hard feeling, and misunderstanding between these two nations for many years. It seemed there was no way to get peace without fighting for it. It would give them both a chance to cool their angry blood. So the war came on. Battle of Lake Erie.--There was nothing that might not have been settled without bloodshed if both countries had been as sensible before the war as afterward. But they were not, and many battles were fought and much blood spilled. The Battle of Lake Erie was one of the bloodiest and most important of these conflicts. The possession of the Great Lakes was of utmost importance to both countries. Ever since the Revolution the English had kept vessels on these waters. Many towns had grown up along the Canadian shores, and to take the control of the Great Lakes from the English was one of the tasks of the Americans. They were not at all successful. General William Hull started out as if he were going to do the job all at once. He marched into Canada, had a few skirmishes, and marched back again. At Detroit, a force of English and their friends, the Indians, appeared one day before the fort, and it so scared the General that he raised a white tablecloth above the wall and, without...

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