During the War of 1812, British naval raids along Lake Ontario targeted lakeshore communities to disrupt the flow of military stores to American forces. At Troupville, also known as Sodus Point, local militia prepared for attack after rumors of a British raid on Charlotte and hid provisions in a gully west of the village. After several days without British ships, the militia was sent home on the morning of June 19, 1813, but when British ships appeared that afternoon, as many militia as possible were called back. That evening, 100 British soldiers landed in darkness, and after an exchange of musket fire with the prepared militia, causing casualties on both sides, the British returned to their ships and the militia scattered. On the morning of June 20, 1813, cannon fire announced another attack, and British forces landed again, met little resistance, overran the village, confiscated supplies, and burned every building but one. The Mansion House was spared because the wounded American Asher Warner was taken there for shelter, though he later died. The militia consisted of local farmers, businessmen, and residents who formed a loosely organized and poorly equipped first line of defense. More broadly, after the American Revolution, Britain retained a foothold affecting Lake Ontario, used the lake chiefly as a supply route, and during the war Commodore Sir James Lucas Yeo's fleet repeatedly eluded American forces to raid communities including Charlotte, Troupville, Pultneyville, and Oswego.