This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to ...

the U.S naval officer who won a decisive victory against the Royal Navy on Lake Erie during the War of 1812—“We have met the enemy and they are ours,” he declared—would have appreciated ...

The American Navy carried the day. The War of 1812, it is said, ended in a kind of stalemate. The British, weary of war, never again interfered with the young republic. And the young Perry was ...