Battle of Lake Champlain
Subtitle: A Brilliant and Extraordinary Victory
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780806146935
Subjects: United states, history, war of 1812
Description: "On September 11, 1814, an American naval squadron under Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough defeated a formidable British force on Lake Champlain under the command of Captain George Downie, effectively ending the British invasion of the Champlain Valley during the War of 1812. This decisive battle had far-reaching repercussions in Canada, the United States, England, and Ghent, Belgium, where peace talks were under way. Examining the naval and land campaign in strategic, political, and military terms, from planning to execution to outcome, The Battle of Lake Champlain offers the most thorough account written of this pivotal moment in American history"--Jacket.