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The Battle of Machias (June 11–12, 1775) was an early naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, [6] [7] also known as the Battle of the Margaretta, fought around the port of Machias, Maine. Following the outbreak of the war, British authorities enlisted Loyalist merchant Ichabod Jones to supply the troops who were under the Siege of ...
Fort Foster was a military site of the American Revolutionary War in what is now East Machias, Maine. Little more than a large earthworks, it was located on The Rim, a neck of land that commands the confluence of the Machias and East Machias Rivers. The earthworks were built in 1776, and attacked by British forces in the 1777 Battle of Machias.
The Battle of Machias (August 13–14, 1777) was an amphibious assault on the Massachusetts town of Machias (in present-day eastern Maine) by British forces during the American Revolutionary War. Local militia aided by Indian allies successfully prevented British troops from landing.
Captain Jeremiah O'Brien (1744–1818) was an American captain in the Massachusetts State Navy.Prior to its existence (or that of the Continental Navy), he commanded the sloop Unity when he captured the British armed schooner HMS Margaretta in the Battle of Machias, the first naval battle of the American Revolutionary War.
During the Revolution, the Passamaquoddies sided with the American colonists to fight against the British soldiers invading the eastern coast of Maine. [5] On June 12, 1775 the tribe assisted the American military in a naval attack at Pleasant Point known as the "Battle of the Rim", or Battle of Machias in Machias, Maine. [6]
Machias / m ə ˈ tʃ aɪ. ə s / is a town in and the county seat of Washington County in Down East Maine, United States. [2] As of the 2020 census , the town population was 2,060. [ 3 ] It is home to the University of Maine at Machias and Machias Valley Airport , a small public airport owned by the town.
Machias, Machiasport Machias Bay is a bay in Washington County , Maine that opens into the Gulf of Maine . [ 1 ] The bay was the scene of the Battle of Machias — the first naval battle of the American Revolution , occasioned by the British need for lumber for Boston .
Battle of Trois-Rivières: June 8, 1776: Quebec: British victory: Americans forced to evacuate Quebec [26] Battle of Sullivan's Island: June 28, 1776: South Carolina: American victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed [27] Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet: June 29, 1776: New Jersey: American victory [28] Battle of Gwynn's Island: July 8–10 ...