At the time, the British controlled Penobscot Bay, and they would be especially wary of any approaching American ships. A year earlier, Massachusetts had sent a 43-ship naval expedition to capture ...

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Finally, the Americans' ships fled up the Penobscot River ... commander of artillery in the expedition, with cowardice and insubordination. He was acquitted at his court martial in 1782.