On this day in 1779,
Massachusetts, without consulting either Continental political or military authorities, launch an ill-fated, 4,000-man naval expedition commanded by Cmdre. Dudley Saltonstall, Adj. Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, Brig. Gen. Solomon Lovell and Lt. Col. Paul Revere. The expedition, consisting of several warships, has an objective to capture a 750-man British garrison at Castine during The Battle of Penobscot Peninsula.
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Massachusetts, without consulting either Continental political or military authorities, launch an ill-fated, 4,000-man naval expedition commanded by Cmdre. Dudley Saltonstall, Adj. Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, Brig. Gen. Solomon Lovell and Lt. Col. Paul Revere. The expedition, consisting of several warships, has an objective to capture a 750-man British garrison at Castine during The Battle of Penobscot Peninsula.
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