Battle of Lake Erie

Battle of Lake Erie
	Part of the War of 1812
	; Battle of Lake Erie ; William Henry Powell, 1865
Date	10 September 1813
Location	Near Put-in-Bay, Ohio, Lake Erie41°39′44″N 82°49′30″W / 41.66222°N 82.82500°W
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United States	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Oliver Hazard Perry ; Jesse Elliott	Robert Heriot Barclay ; Robert Finnis
Strength
5 schooners ; 3 brigs ; 1 sloop	3 sloops ; 1 brig ; 2 schooners
Casualties and losses
27 killed ; 96 wounded	41 killed ; 93 wounded ; 306 captured ; 3 sloops captured ; 2 schooners captured ; 1 brig captured

The Battle of Lake Erie, also known as the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, on Lake Erie off the shores of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of the British Royal Navy. This ensured American control of the lake for the rest of the war, which in turn allowed the Americans to recover Detroit, Michigan and win the Battle of the Thames to break the Indian confederation of Tecumseh. It was one of the largest naval battles of the War of 1812.