Meigs Raid
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The Meigs Raid was a military raid by American Continental Army forces, under the command of Connecticut Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs, on a British Loyalist foraging party at Sag Harbor, New York on
The "Old Burial Ground", which adjoins the Whaler's Church on Meeting House Hill, was a site of battle in the raid
Historical landmark marker Meigs' Expedition
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Battle of Setauket
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The Battle of Setauket was a failed attack during the American Revolutionary War on a fortified Loyalist outpost in Setauket, Long Island, New York, by a force of Continental Army troops from Connecti
Meigs Raid
…Silliman in May 1780. Parsons organized another expedition across Long Island Sound in August 1777. This one, against a Loyalist outpost at Setauket, was unsuccessful. Colonel Meigs was rewarded by the Second Continental Congress with "an elegant sword". A stone commemorating the battle was placed on the site on May…
The current Setauket Presbyterian Church (built 1812), sits on the site of the Loyalist fortifications
Colonel Samuel Blachley Webb
The Caroline Church (Episcopal), built in 1729, still contains bullet holes from the 1777 skirmish