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The War of 1812
The expedition of Proctor into Ohio early in 1813, his attempted attack and failure May 1st on Port Meigs at the Maumee Rapids, then held by General Harrison, and his defeat on July 27th following in his assault on Port Steph-enson, on the Sandusky river, in command of Major George Croghan, coupled with the advance of Harrison's army, rendered the retreat of Proctor on Maiden advisable, which he accomplished in all haste.
Commodore Perry's great victory on Lake Erie on the 10th of September followed, in which Major Henry B. Brevoort, U. S. Army, a Michigan officer who had entered the service as an Ensign, 2d U. S. Infantry, in 1802, took a prominent part in command of a detachment of soldiers acting as marines.
Major Brevoort, having with his family lived in Detroit, was in possession of much valuable information regarding the number and strength of the British vessels, and which proved of great service to Perry.
Michigan
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