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Battle of Plattsburgh (Battle of Lake Champlain)

U.S. naval forces under Commodore Thomas Macdonough and supporting Army troops defeated a British invasion fleet and army at Plattsburgh, New York.

Battle of Plattsburgh (Battle of Lake Champlain)

The victory forced the British to abandon their northward offensive from Canada and significantly strengthened American leverage at the peace negotiations that produced the Treaty of Ghent.

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