Penobscot Expedition

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The Penobscot Expedition was a disastrous 1779 American naval and land operation during the Revolutionary War, in which an attempted assault on a British fort in present-day Maine ended in a major defeat and the near-total loss of the American fleet.

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Label Occurrences
Penobscot Expedition canonical 3
Penobscot Expedition (1779) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf land campaign ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
naval expedition ⓘ
aftermath courts-martial of American officers ⓘ
criticism of Dudley Saltonstall ⓘ
damage to Paul Revere's military reputation ⓘ
chronology took place in summer 1779 ⓘ
commander Dudley Saltonstall ⓘ
Francis McLean ⓘ
George Collier ⓘ
Solomon Lovell ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedAs one of the worst naval defeats in United States history prior to Pearl Harbor ⓘ
endTime 1779-08-13 ⓘ
fleetSize over 40 American vessels ⓘ
fortInvolved Fort George (Castine) ⓘ
goal capture Fort George ⓘ
expel British forces from Penobscot Bay ⓘ
hasCasualties light British casualties ⓘ
significant American casualties ⓘ
hasCause British creation of the colony of New Ireland ⓘ
British establishment of a base at Penobscot Bay ⓘ
hasEffect heavy American casualties ⓘ
near-total loss of American fleet ⓘ
strengthening of British position in eastern Maine ⓘ
historicalRegion District of Maine ⓘ
location Maine ⓘ
New England ⓘ
Penobscot Bay ⓘ
notableParticipant John Brewer ⓘ
Paul Revere ⓘ
opponent Great Britain ⓘ
opposedBy local Wabanaki allies of the Americans in some actions ⓘ
organizedBy Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts
outcomeDetail American ships scuttled or burned to avoid capture ⓘ
participant British Army ⓘ
Continental Navy ⓘ
Loyalist forces ⓘ
Massachusetts militia ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
partOf Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
presentDayLocation Castine, Maine ⓘ
linked to: Castine
result American defeat ⓘ
British victory ⓘ
startTime 1779-07-24 ⓘ
strategicObjective prevent permanent British foothold in eastern Maine ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peleg Wadsworth → notableEvent → Penobscot Expedition ⓘ
Military history of Massachusetts → notableEvent → Penobscot Expedition ⓘ
Penobscot Bay → hasHistoricalEvent → Penobscot Expedition (1779) ⓘ
linked to: Penobscot Expedition