A look back at the Battle of Lake Erie

By Jeff Rooney                LAKE ERIE—As dawn broke on September 10, 1813, a United States Navy lookout spotted six British vessels to the northwest of Put-in-Bay, located on the western end of Lake Erie. LAKE ERIE—This painting of the Battle of Lake Erie was done by William Henry Powell (1823-1879) in 1873.                Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry issued a…