Killed and Wounded in Battle of Lake Erie

The hand engraving of the Indiana limestone wall tablets in the rotunda began October 1913 and continued intermittently though February 1915. Each tablet leads by identifying a ship and is followed by the names of the sailors and soldiers who died or were injured during the Battle of Lake Erie. On the elevator floor above the rotunda are bronze plaques which bear the names of many who fought the battle and survived.

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This dedication and these names appear as they are engraved on the rotunda wall.

THE PERRY MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND VARIOUS STATES OF THE UNION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE VALOR OF COMMODORE OLIVER HAZARD PERRY AND HIS MEN IN THE VATTLE OF LAKE ERIE SEPTEMBER 10TH 1813 AND THE NORTHWESTERN CAMPAIGN OF GENERAL WILLIAM HENRRY HARRISON IN THE WAR OF 1812	LAWRENCE KILLED LIEUT JOHN BROOKS HENRY LAUB CHRISTIAN MAYHEW J W ALLEN JOSEPH KENNEDY JOHN C KELLY JOHN SMITH WILLIAM CRANSTON ANDREW MICHAEL JOHN HOFFMAN CHARLES POHIG	LAWRENCE KILLED NELSON PETERS JAMES JONES JOHN ROSE JAMES CARTY THOMAS BUTLER WILSON MAYS JAMES BROWN ETHELRED SYKES PHILIP STARPLEY JESSE HARLAND ABNER WILLIAMS

 

These names appear as they are engraved on the rotunda wall.

LAWRENCE WOUNDED LIEUT JOHN J YARNALL DULANEY FORREST JOHN NEWEN SAMUEL HAMBLETON WILLIAM C KEEN AUGUSTUS SWARTWOUT JONAS STONE THOMAS CLAXTON FRANCIS MASON WILLIAM V TAYLOR JOSEPH LEWIS EZEKIEL FOWLER

LAWRENCE WOUNDED JOHN E BROWN WILLIAM JOHNSON JAMES HELAN GEORGE CORNELL THOMAS HAMMOND WILLIAM THOMPSON GEORGE VARNUM JAMES MOSES STEPHEN FAIRFIELD JOSEPH DENNING WILLIAM ROE WILLIAM DARING

LAWRENCE WOUNDED GEORGE WILLIAMS LANNON HUSE JAMES WADDINGTON JOHN BURNHAM ANDREW MATTESON JOHN BURDEEN JEREMIAH ESTERBROOKE HENRY SCHROEDER BENONI PRICE THOMAS ROBINSON PETER KINGSLEY THOMAS HILL

 

These names appear as they are engraved on the rotunda wall.

LAWRENCE WOUNDED NATHAN CHAPMAN BARNEY McCAIN WILLIAM DAWSON WESTERLY JOHNSON ROBERT HILL SAMUEL SPYWOOD THOMAS REED FRANCIS CUMMINGS JESSE WILLIAMS WILLIAM SIMPSON JAMES HADLEY CHARLES VANDYKE

LAWRENCE WOUNDED WILLIAM BURNETT DAVID CHRISTIE WILLIAM BAGGS HENRY VANPOOLE THOMAS TRIFF CHARLES HARRINGTON ELIJAH PARTIN WILLIAM B PERKINS JOHN ADAMS NEWPORT HAZARD JOHN CLAY∙JAMES BIRD NATHANIEL WADE

NIAGARA KILLED PETER MORRELL ISAAC HARDY WOUNDED LIEUT JOHN J EDWARDS EDWARD MARTIN JOHN C CUMMINGS RONVELL HALL JOSHUA TRAPVILL WILLIAM DAVIS HENRY DAVIDSON ELIAS WILLEY GEORGE PLATT

 

These names appear as they are engraved on the rotunda wall.

NIAGARA WOUNDED JOHN M STIBUCK JOHN FREEMAN THOMAS WILSON JAMES LANFORD CHARLES DAVIDSON DANIEL BENNET CORPORAL SCOTT JOHN FILTON THOMAS MILLER GEORGE M MANOMY SAMUAL COCHRAN GEORGE SCOFFIELD

CALEDONIA WOUNDED JAMES ARTUS ISAAC PERKINS JAMES PHILLIPS SOMERS WOUNDED CHARLES ORDEEN GODFREY BOWMAN SCORPION KILLED JOHN SYTHAMMER JOHN CLARK

ARIEL KILLED JOHN WHITE WOUNDED ROBERT WILSON WM SLOSS∙JOHN LUCAS TRIPPE WOUNDED ISAAC GREENE∙JOHN NILES PORCUPINE TIGRESS NO CASUALTIES

 

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