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The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812

CHAPTER II
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LOST GROUND REGAINED General William Henry Harrison, the hero of Tippecanoe and the Governor of Indiana Territory, whose capital was at Vincennes on the Wabash, possessed the experience and the instincts of a soldier.

He had foreseen that Hull, unless he received support, must either abandon Detroit or be hopelessly hemmed in.

The task of defending the western border was ardently undertaken by the States of Kentucky and Ohio.

They believed in the war and were ready to aid it with the men and resources of a vigorous population of almost a million.

When the word came that Hull was in desperate straits, Harrison hastened to organize a relief expedition.


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