Get to know Captain & Commodore Isaac Chauncey including the skills he brought to his new commanding post. Learn a brief bit of history regarding New York Navy Yard. Find out where government officials wanted Captain/Commodore Chauncey to concentrate his energies on lake wise. Discover if Isaac Chauncey was stationed in between Lakes Ontario & Erie including current state of fleet preparations. Get to know Lieutenant Jesse Duncan Elliott including his duties on Lake Erie. Understand why Lieutenant Elliott conferred with Brigadier General Peter Porter regarding a place known as Black Rock near Buffalo, New York. Get an in depth analysis behind what was taking shape in Washington D.C. while Isaac Chauncey & Jesse Elliott were weighing in their options for fleet construction on Lake Erie. Learn what Lieutenant Elliott went about conducting come October 9, 1812. Compare & contrast overall number of British & American Sailing Vessels along Upper Lakes come January 1813. Get introduced to Oliver Hazard Perry. Go behind the scenes and learn how a unique combat opportunity presented itself for Oliver Perry around Mid 1813.

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