![]() Henry Harrison at the Battle of the Thames in the autumn of 1813. ![]() The war also provoked alarms and invasion scares, which were quieted only with Perry's naval victory on Lake Erie and the subsequent demolition of a British and Indian force by Gen. Cleveland served as a base for supplies, a rendezvous for military units, and the location of a military fort and hospital. However, situated on a significant Lake Erie harbor and attuned to American ideas of possible acquisition of British lands on the lake's northern shore, the villagers were affected in significant ways by the War of 1812. Except for their geographic location, they had no reason to be either especially interested or principal actors in the war. ![]() When Congress declared war against Great Britain on 18 June 1812, the village of Cleveland consisted of 100 or fewer souls huddled near the mouth of the CUYAHOGA RIVER.
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