** In conjunction with seven other officers and 100 enlisted men, Montgomery volunteered for duty on Lake Erie with Perry.
** In August 1814, he was at the destruction of a British blockhouse and gun brig on the British side of Lake Huron.
** During the last siege of Fort Erie the Niagara was employed in protecting communication between the fort and the U.S. hospitals at Buffalo. Also, transportation for troops between the two shores of the lake during the months of September and October.
It would have been interesting had he been at the Battle of Lake Champlain and in command of the USS Montgomery (which was named after American Revolution General Richard Montgomery). Then we would have had Montgomery in command of the Montgomery.
To find out about John Montgomery's entire naval career, go to my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog from February 9-16 of this year.
--Brock-Perry
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