Samuel Nicholas
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Major Samuel Nicholas was a Continental Marines officer who was the first officer to be commissioned into the force and by tradition is considered to be the first Commandant of the Marine Corps.
1989 portrait
Raid of Nassau
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The raid of Nassau on March 3–4, 1776, was a naval operation and amphibious assault by American forces against the British port of Nassau, Bahamas, during the American Revolutionary War. The raid, des
Samuel Nicholas
…had been ordered to proceed to Abaco in the Bahamas, and from there to operate against the forces of Lord Dunmore. Commodore Hopkins decided to make an attack on New Providence, capture the enemy's stores, and destroy his supplies. Capt Nicholas was placed in command of the landing party of 234 Marines. This attack, the first…
1973 painting of the raid
Esek Hopkins, who led the raid
Fort Montagu in 2009