We take a look at the beginning of the Penobscot Expedition, probably one of the worst naval disasters in American military history.
Resources:
Buker, G. (2016). The Penobscot Expedition Commodore Saltonstall and the Massachusetts Conspiracy of 1779. Paw Prints.
Continental Journal (Boston), 2 September 1779.
Nash, G. (1991). The original journal of General Solomon Lovell, kept during the Penobscot Expedition, 1779: with a sketch of his life. Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.
Smith, C. R., & Waterhouse, C. H. (1975). Marines in the Revolution: a history of the Continental Marines in the American Revolution, 1775-1783. Washington: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.
Transport and Privateer Ships During Penobscot Expedition
Penobscot Plan