New Ireland (Maine)
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New Ireland was a Crown colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain twice established in modern-day Maine after British forces captured the area during the American Revolutionary War and again during the W
Destruction of the American Fleet at Penobscot Bay by Dominic Serres. Britain defending New Ireland from the Penobscot Expedition during the American Revolution
Francis McLean Plaque, St. Paul's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Fort George in Castine, Maine, a British fort built to protect New Ireland
Lieutenant Governor John Coape Sherbrooke of Nova Scotia conquered Maine and re-established New Ireland
Penobscot Expedition
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The Penobscot Expedition was a 44-ship American naval armada during the Revolutionary War assembled by the Provincial Congress of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The flotilla of 19 warships and 25
The Penobscot Bay seen from Dyce's Head, the site of the Americans' pre-dawn landing on July 28, 1779
Portrait of Sir John Moore by Thomas Lawrence. John Moore served under Francis McLean as a Lt. in the 82nd Regiment.