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A council of war was called of the land and naval officers the same morning. The former were for summoning the garrison to surrender, offering them honorable terms; but the Commodore and most of his officers were opposed to the measure. It was next proposed to storm the fort; but as the marines had suffered so severely in effecting a land- ing, the Commodore refused to disembark any more of them, and even threatened to recall those on shore. Our force was thought in- sufficient to drive the enemy from the fort; and the assistance wanted iwas communicated to Government by special messengers, sent in whale-boats to Boston. On application to General Gates, then com- manding at Providence, he detached Colonel Jackson's regiment of
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Continental troops as a re-enforcement, who were stopped at Fal- mouth.
In the meantime General Lovell reduced the enemy's outworks and. batteries, took several field pieces, and by indefatigable labor every night upon zigzag intrenchments, approached within fair gunshot of the garrison; so that a man seldom in daylight showed his head above the enemy's works. It was afterwards fully ascertained that General McLane was prepared to capitulate, if a surrender had been demand- ed. But Saltonstall was self-willed and unreasonable. He and the General disagreeing as to the plan of operations, added one more to thousands of fatalities incident to dissension. Wadsworth was the best officer on the ground. He urged upon General Lovell the expe- diency of keeping open a good retreat, as one of the first maxims of war. For this purpose he chose a place on the west bank of the river, near the Narrows, below the head of Orphan Island, and recommend- ed the establishment of some works there, whither "our men might retreat should there be necessity, or make a stand in case of pursuit." But Lovell opposed this, alleging that it would dishearten our troops, or rather evince to them "our own despair of success."
A fortnight's time gave the British every advantage. General Mc- Lane, by skilful industry and perseverance, filled the gorge of one bas- tion with logs, surrounded the other with fascines and earth ten feet thick, laid a platform and mounted several cannon, environed the fort with a kind of chevaux du frise, and enclosed the whole with an abatis. At intervals Commodore Saltonstall manœuvred to enter the harbor, and day by day renewed a cannonade from the shipping. On the land, too, there were frequent and fruitless skirmishes, occasioned principally by reason of Lovell's exertions to cut off all communication between McLane and Mowett. In the midst of their solicitude, a de_ serter informed McLane that his camp and Mowett's vessels were to be attacked the next day by the whole American force. Had the attempt been essayed two days earlier, it might have met with brilliant success. But the fortunate day had passed; and little else remained to the Americans than disaster.
A spy-vessel brought Lovell news, August 13th, that a British fleet of seven sail was in the outer waters of Penobscot Bay, standing in towards the peninsula. A retreat was immediately ordered by General Lovell, and conducted during the night by General Wadsworth with so much silence and skill that the whole of the American troops were embarked undiscovered. As the British squadron entered the harbor the next morning, it was found to consist of a large man-of-war, a frigate, two ships, two brigs, and a sloop, commanded by Sir George Collier, ten days from Sandy Hook, near Halifax, and carrying 200 guns and 1,500 men.
Saltonstall drew up his fleet in the form of a crescent, with the apparent design of maintaining his position; though, in fact, for the purpose of checking the enemy's advance till the land forces on board the transports could be conveyed to some places of safety or retreat up the river or upon the western shores. Confident of his entire superior- ity, Sir George advanced without delay and poured in upon his enemy a heavy broadside, which threw the American fleet into confusion and caused a disorderly flight. Most of the transports retreated up the river; several went ashore at the foot of the narrows, from which the men took some provisions; and after landing and setting the vessels on fire, four companies collected and were led off by General Wads- worth to Camden. Others, against a strong tide, were able to ascend the river.
A general chase and indiscriminate destruction ensued. The Hunt- er and Defiance, endeavoring to get by the head of Long Island [Islesborough] to sea, through the western passage, were intercepted, and the Hunter ran ashore with every sail standing; which, after a smart skirmish between her crew and Lieutenant Mackey with a party of fifty men from the Raisonable, fell into their hands. The Defiance hid herself in a small creek, where her crew, finding the Camilla was n search for her, blew her up about midnight. The Sky Rocket met the same fate from her crew, near Fort Point Ledge. The brig Active was burnt off Brigadier's Island. The residue of the fleet, by means of oars and studding sails all set, also the transports, made good their retreat into Marsh Bay, closely pursued by the British squadron. Here the Hampden, being overtaken, surrendered; and at the same time prizes were made of the Nancy and the Rover. The frigate Warren was committed to the flames by her crew at Oak Cove, half a league above Frankfort village. The Gen. Putnam and the Vengeance, hav- ing ascended still higher, were burnt opposite Hampden. The others, being the Monmouth, Sally, Black Prince, Hazard, Diligence, Tyran- nicide, Providence Sloop, Spring Bird, Hector, and several transports,
ascended to places above and just below the mouth of the Kendus- keag, where they were all blown up or set on fire by their own crews, to prevent their falling into the possession of the enemy.
A prodigious wreck of property, a dire eclipse of reputation, and universal chagrin, were the fruits of this expedition, in the promotion of which there had been such an exalted display of public spirit, both by the Government and individuals. Our whole loss of men was prob- ably not less than 150; that of the enemy 85. So great pecuniary damage at this critical period of the war, and of the State finances was a severe misfortune. In short, the whole connected was suffi- ciently felt; for it filled the country with grief as well as murmurs.
The officers and men, landing at different places on the western shores of the river, among inhabitants few, scattered, and indigent, immediately took up their march westward, through a wild and track- less country, thirty leagues or more, as they travelled it, to the first set- tlements upon the river Kennebec. Guided by Indians, they pro- ceeded in detached parties, suffering every privation. For, not being aware of the journey and fatigue which they had to encounter, they had taken with them provisions altogether insufficient; and some who were infirm or feeble actually perished in the woods. A moose or other animal was occasionally killed, which, being roasted upon coals, was the most precious if not the only morsel many of them tasted during the latter half of their travels.
A Court of Inquiry into the conduct of this most un- fortunate expedition was ordered by the Massachusetts Legislature, which found that "the principal reason of the failure was the want of proper spirit and energy on the part of the Commodore." Saltonstall was accord- ingly cashiered, and rendered ever after incompetent to hold a commission in the service of the State. The conduct of Generals Lovell and Wadsworth was ap- proved and they were honorably acquitted. The cost of the expedition added very seriously to the burdens of the State.
Among the British officers at Castine during the affair was a young lieutenant who was afterwards the hero of Corunna, Sir John Moore, so celebrated in song and story.
Ten of the vessels, says Judge Godfrey, or about half the whole number that entered the river, reached the site of Bangor, and were blown up by their crews near the mouth of the Kenduskeag. An attempt was made about thirty years afterwards, by one Clifford, to secure prop- erty from the wrecks by means of a diving-bell. Accord- ing to "Remarks relative to the Settlement of Bangor," made many years ago by Jacob McGaw, esq., he ob- tained "less than thirty of the cannon and a few tons of balls from the bed of the river. When first exposed to the air, the iron of the guns was so soft that it could be about as easily cut with a knife as a common lead pencil, and then it entirely resembled black lead in appearance. On each succeeding day it became so much harder as to be entirely impervious to the knife in four or five days of exposure."
A very neat manuscript copy, made in 1846 by Mr. George W. Snow, of a book published in London in 1781, and of which but one copy was known to be in existence, is in the library of the Mechanics' Association in Bangor. Its principal title is "The Siege of Penob- scot by the Rebels," and its author was John Calef, esq., a volunteer in the British forces there engaged. A "post- script" gives a brief but interesting account of the Pen- obscot country, from which we make some extracts elsewhere. The same work has been published in Dr. Wheeler's History of Castine, as an appendix.
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The remains of the British earthworks, upon the heights of the peninsula of Castine, back of the village, are still remarkably well preserved.
THE WAR OF 1812-15.
By this time the valley of the Penobscot was able to turn out from its numerous settlements a considerable contingent of brave soldiery, to do battle for the rising Republic. This war, largely upon and near the sea, the people of Maine, whose habitations were mostly by the seaboard, or within easy reach of it, shared fully in the hazards and dangers of the conflict. Their services were consequently volunteered in numbers to the Gov- ernment, especially upon occasion of an inroad by the enemy. The affairs on the river in early September, 1814, drew out most of the militia, who participated in the war. The following rolls of participants from this region are preserved in the office of the Adjutant-General at Augusta :
BRIGADE AND STAFF OFFICERS IN SERVICE AT AND NEAR HAMPDEN,
IST TO 4TH SEPTEMBER, 1814.
John Blake, brigadier-general, First Brigade, Brewer. Charles Blake, quartermaster, Brewer.
Francis Carr, jr., aide-de-camp, Bangor. Elijah P. Goodridge, aide-de-camp, Bangor.
Charles Ulmer, aide-de-camp, Hampden.
John Crosby, jr., quartermaster, Hampden.
(The last two were not called into actual service).
COLONEL GRANT'S REGIMENT.
Roll of the field and staff of Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Grant's Regiment of Militia, being the Third regiment, First brigade, and Tenth division in service at and near Hampden, from Ist to 4th September, 1814.
Andrew Grant, lieutenant-colonel, Hampden. Joshua Chamberlain, major, Brewer. Rufus Gilmore, adjutant. Enoch Mudge, chaplain, Orrington. Edmund Abbott, surgeon's mate, Frankfort. Cyrus Brewer, quartermaster, Orrington. Andrew Tyler, jr., paymaster, Frankfort.
Roll of Captain Peter Newcomb's company of militia in Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Grant's regiment, raised in Hampden, and in service there and vicinity from the Ist to the 3d of September, 1814:
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Peter Newcomb, Hampden. Lieutenant Jonathan Knowles, Hampden. Ensign Stephen Dabbor, Hampden.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant Allen Rogers. Sergeant Joshua Sparrow. Sergeant Josiah Ware. Sergeant Jonathan Kendall. Musician Thomas Williams.
PRIVATES.
Ebenezer Atwood, Jeremiah Baker, Sanborn Blaisdell, Samuel H. Cobb, Dennis Doan, Amos Doan, Edward Doan, James Dunton, Robert Dunning, Benjamin Emerson, Jonas Emery, William Emery, Nathan Emerson, John Gould, Austin Harding, William Higgins, Benjamin Hopkins, James Hopkins, Josiah Hopkins, Misha Higgins, Abiather Knowles, Bryant Linning, John Murch, Joseph Mayo, James Mayo, jr., Joseph Myrick, Nathaniel Mayo, jr., Simeon Mayo, Thomas Mayo, Israel Mayo, jr., Reuben Myrick, David Piper, Benjamin Porter, Asa Porter, Samuel Palton, John Perkins, Francis Rider, Richard Stubbs, Eben Stubbs, Edward Stubbs, Henry Smith, Freeman Snow, William Snow, Barker Turner, Andrew Tarr, Samuel Webber, Aaron Wiley, jr,, John Ward, Bartlett West.
Roll of Captain Warren Ware's company of militia in Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Grant's regiment, raised in Orrington and in service at Hampden and vicinity from the 2d'to the 4th of September, 1814:
COMMISSIONED OFFICER. Captain Warren Ware, Orrington.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant Simon Fowler. Sergeant Theophilus Nickerson. Sergeant John Brook. Sergeant Warren Nickerson.
PRIVATES.
Jesse Atwood, jr., Benjamin Atwood, Nathaniel Baker, Richard Baker, David Baker, Doan Boddershall, Frederick Boddershall, Amasa Bartlett, Joseph Doane, Nathaniel Dyer, Ephraim Doane, William Doane, Phinehas Downs, Elihu Dole, Seth Eldridge, Hezekiah Eld- ridge, jr., Thomas Freeman, James Freeman, jr., Nathaniel Gould, jr. Ephraim Hopkins, Jesse Harden, Stillman Kent, William Kent, Richard Kent, William Marston, John Nickerson, Eliphalet Nicker- son, Paul Nye, David Pierce, Nathaniel Pierce, Cyrus Rice, Stephen Rider, Joseph Rooks, Samuel Rider, jr., Atkins Rider, Henry Rogers, Smith Rogers, Richard Rider, Ephraim Snow, Joseph Snow, Daniel Snow, Harvey C. Snow, Samuel Severance, Reuben Severance, John Severance, Zenas Smith, William M. Vorrill, Edward Weeks, Ebenezer Wheddon, John Willard, John Wintwooth, Thomas Wiswell.
Roll of Captain Samuel Butman's company of mili- tia in Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Grant's regiment, raised in Dixmont and in service at and near Hampden, 3Ist August to 3d September, 1814.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Samuel Butman, Dixmont. Lieutenant Richard P. Clarkson, Dixmont.
Ensign Frederick A. Butnam, Dixmont.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant Edmund Wingate.
Sergeant John Chadbourn.
Sergeant Lemuel Drake.
Sergeant Jonathan Ferguson.
Sergeant Benjamin Porter.
Corporal William Ferguson.
Corporal Nathaniel Hanscomb.
Corporal John Odell.
Corporal Simeon Obron.
PRIVATES.
Joseph Basford, Henry Baker, Jonathan Basford, John Barker, Ste- phen Barker, John Buckman, jr., Moses Chick, George Cook, George Craig, James Cook, Eliphalet Chase, Stephen Carl, Samuel Dodge, Jo- seph Emery, Timothy Freeman, Edmund Ferreld, Ira Goodhue, John Garland, Reuben Goospeed, Benjamin Godfrey, Samuel Higgins, Da- vid Johnson, David Johnson 2d, Jeremiah McKansick, John Mitch- ell, Charles Mitchell, Milby Mitchell, Christopher Mitchell, George Morse, Nathaniel Mudgett, Edmund Mudgett, Abraham Mudgett, Barnet Morse, James W. Merrill, David Porter, Tyler Porter, Da- vid Pierce, Samuel Pierce, Richard Staples, John Smith, Elijah Smith, Rowland Taylor, Ebenezer Fasker, John Thurston, Cornelius Williams, Joseph York, Stephen York.
Roll of Captain James Patton's company of militia in Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Grant's regiment, raised in Hampden and in service there and vicinity, from Ist to 3d September, 1814.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain James Patton, Hampden. Lieutenant Abel Ruggat, Hampden. Ensign John Miller, Hampden.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant Robert Miller, jr. Sergeant William Potter, jr. Sergeant Nathaniel Gelvin. Sergeant Richard Gelvin.
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PRIVATES.
John Blagdon, Samuel Benson, Seth Cole, George Cowin, Jonathan Cowan, Jacob Cowan, John Dunham, George Dunham, Jesse Dun- ham, Stephen Emerson, Wilder Johnson, Daniel Emerson, Samuel Farnum, Peter Goolin, Asa Hunt, Elisha Hewes, David Hewes, Ebene- zer C. Hinkley, Francis Jennis, Timothy Miller, Benjamin Miller, Henry Miller, James Miller, Andrews Pomeroy, John Palton, 2d, William Pomeroy, Daniel Pickard, William V. Reed, John Robbinson, Isaac Robbinson, Jeremiah Swan, James Taylor, Joseph Pomeroy, jr.
Roll of Captain John Emery's company of militia in Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Grant's regiment, raised in Hampden, service there Ist to 3d September, 1814.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain John Emery, jr., Hampden. Lieutenant William H. Reed, Hampden. Ensign Daniel Emery,
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant Samuel Libby. Sergeant Jacob Jones.
Sergeant Daniel Grant. Sergeant Bangs Young.
Musician Simeon Stone.
Musician Zenas Dexter.
Musician Benjamin Higgins.
PRIVATES.
Solomon Covell, William Cobb, William Cornish, Jesse S. Dean, James Dudley, Freeman Dean, Isaiah Dean, Amos Dow, William Flagg, Allen Hopkins, Seth Higgins, Reed Harding, Benjamin Hardy, Cyrus Higgins, Lemuel Hamilton, Samuel F. Jones, Hawes Mayo, jr. Walter Murch, Solomon Myrick, Arad H. Pomeroy, John Perkins, John Rodgers, Daniel Smith, John Smith, Micajah Snow, Reuben Young, Zebulon Young, jr.
MAJOR GEORGE'S BATTALION.
Field and staff roll of Major Thomas George's bat- talion of militia taken from Lieutenant-Colonel John Whiting's regiment, being the Fourth regiment, First brigade, Tenth division, and in service at and near Hampden, 2d to 4th September, 1814.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Major Thomas George, Brewer. Adjutant Thomas Carr, jr., Bangor.
Roll of Captain Solomon Blake's company of militia in Major Thomas George's battalion, raised in Brewer and in service at and near Hampden 2d to 4th September, 1814.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Solomon Blake, Brewer. Lieutenant Emmons Kingsbury, Brewer. Ensign Charles Levins, Brewer.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant William Copeland. Sergeant Joseph Copeland. Musician Davis Silby. Musician Benjamin Farrington. Musician Ezekiel Mero.
PRIVATES.
Billings Blake, Charles Blake, Alanson Burr, Sanborn Blasdell, Abi- jah Campbell, Benjamin Coombs, Rossel Fish, Elias Field, Alexander A. Fisher, Daniel Farrington, Silas Farrington, Peter Field, Jacob Hart, jr., Russell Hart, Calvin Holbrook, Elijah Jones, Nathan Kings- bury, Jacob Marr, Loring Pond, Jeremiah Truworthy, Levi Torrener, Augustine White, Benjamin Winchester, Charles Winchester.
Roll of Captain Lot Rider's company of militia in Major Thomas George's battalion, raised in Eddington, and in service at and near Hampden 2d to 4th Septem- ber, 1814.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Lot Rider, Eddington. Lieutenant John Holyoke, Eddington.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant William Rider. Sergeant Joseph Severance.
Musician Asa Howard.
PRIVATES.
Hollis Bond, William Brown, Lemuel Cobb, Ephraim Johnson' Daniel Johnson, David Lovell, Benjamin Snow, Daniel Stearns, Benja- min Severance, Benjamin Tainter, Israel Snow, John Tibbets, Benjamin Weed, Jonathan Wood.
Roll of Captain Daniel Webster's company of militia in Major Thomas George's battalion, raised in Orono, and in service at and near Hampden 2d to 4th Sep- tember, 1814.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Daniel Webster, Orono. Lieutenant Robert McPhihe, Orono.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant Lynde Valentine.
Sergeant Robert Boyd.
Sergeant Mark M. Burns.
Sergeant Elijah Webster.
Musician John Hock.
Musician Sasson Weston.
PRIVATES.
Samuel G. Adams, Joseph W. Boynton, Nathaniel Boynton, Robert Boynton, John Clark, Daniel Dresser, Gideon Dutton, Samuel Free- man, Allen Freeman, Henry George, Silas Hartshorn, 2d, Joseph Hartshorn, Richard McGrath, David Hartshorn, 2d, Josiah Hartshorn. David Hartshorn, Ashbel Hartshorn, John Howard, John Harn, Ed- ward S. Jarvis, John Kenney, Daniel Lambert, Joseph Lambert, John Lancaster, Levi Lancaster, Thomas D. Liscom, Stephen Perkins, William Randall, Isaac Spencer, Warren Thompson, John Webster, Andrew Cross.
Roll of Captain Timothy Sibley's company of militia in Major Thomas George's battalion, raised in Eddington and in service at and near Hampden 2d to 4th Septem- ber, 1814.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Timothy Sibley, Eddington. Lieutenant Samuel Call, Eddington.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant Billings Clap. Sergeant Eleazer Eddy. Sergeant Jesse Cousins.
PRIVATES.
James Anderson, Joel Burton, Joshua Butler, Benjamin Barnes, David Burton, Bradley Blackman, Abraham Chick, jr., Allen Crane, Moses Collins, Daniel Collins, Charles Comins, Joseph Davis, Randal Doug- lass, Stephen Grant, jr., Judin Grant, Lemuel Gulliver, Thomas Gulli- ver, Nehemiah Goodwin, Cyrus Jones, Moses Knapp, Joseph Little, William Lancaster, James Nichols, Ephraim Oliver, Elijah Orcutt, John Orcutt, Benjamin Penney, Elisha Rowe, Ebenezer Raviel, Benja- min Spencer, Moses Spencer, Isaac Spencer, Andrews Spencer, Caleb Stockwell, Benjamin F. Sibley.
Roll of a detached company of militia of Capt. Joshua Chamberlain, taken from the Third regiment, First brig- ade, Tenth division, stationed at Eastport, 11th to 31st of August, 1812, under command of Lt. Col. Oliver Shead.
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COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Joshua Chamberlain, Brewer. Lieutenant Peter Newcomb, Brewer. Ensign Samuel Freeman, Brewer.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant Robert Thompson. Sergeant Daniel Nickerson. Sergeant Joshua Sparrow. Sergeant Samuel Hamilton.
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Corporal Emery Bradbury. Corporal John Rooks. Corporal William Kendall. Corporal John Sabourns. Musician Zeros Dexter. Musician Jeremiah Baker.
PRIVATES.
William Bowden, William Bolard, Solomon Bolton, Daniel Buzzel, Abner Chase, David Colson, Daniel G. Chadborn, George Cragie, John Chadborn, James Clark, James Curtis, John Corillord, Richard Cave, Seth Cole, William Cobb, David Dyer, Isaac Dunbar, Jacob Dearborn, Obed Dean, Robert Dean, William Dean, Gordon Fisher, Samuel Frost, Thomas Freeman, Richard Garland, Elihu Hewes, Josiah Hig- gins, John'Harris, Nathaniel Henderson, David Jackson, William Jack- son, Abitha Knowles, David Kenneston, Levi Kenney, Edward Ken- ney, Benjamin Lowell, Ephraim Lowde, Davis Merrill, Benjamin Melvin, Elisha Furbush, George Mansa, Joseph Mayo, Levi Mudget, Matthew McDonald, Nathaniel Mudget, Thomas Milliken, Isaac Milli- ken, Walter Murch, William Michaels, Benjamin Murry, James Nutter, John Odell, William Pumroy, Seth Pratt, Silas Putnam, David Rice, Samuel Rhines, Benjamin Spooner, David Smith, Eldad Stubbs, Joseph Smith, Lemuel Smith, Henry C. Snow, Ebenezer Stubbs, John B. Turner, William West.
The following new names appear upon the roll of this company for service at Eastport, Sept. I to Dec. 31, 1812, "in Maj. Jacob Ulmer's Battalion":
Musician Mark Fernald.
William Jepson.
Roll of a detached company of militia, of Capt. Thos. H. George, taken from the Fourth regiment, First brig- ade, Tenth division, stationed at Eastport from roth to 31st August, 1812, under command Lt. Col. Oliver Shead.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Thomas George, Brewer. Lieutenant Lot Rider, Brewer. Ensign Joseph Bridgerhorm.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant James Webster. Sergeant James Jackman. Sergeant Daniel Kimball. Sergeant Daniel Burt. Corporal James Dunning. Corporal James Anderson. Corporal Abraham Chick. Corporal Levi Torrence. Musician John Allen. Musician Clark Pease.
PRIVATES.
William Butler, Edward Black, Moses Bridges, Josiah Clark, Bick- more Chamberlain, David R. Carter, Samuel Coggins, Isaac Carter, Benjamin Clay, George Clay, Randal Douglass, John Davis, Joseph Dunham, Hezekiah Dodge, William Dodge, William Eddy, Stephen Ellis, James Couliard, James Freethy, Elijah Grant, James Gross, Albert W. Godfrey, John Gray, Aaron Gray, John Gage, Thomas Gillpatrick, Jonathan Hutchins, Amos Herrick, John G. Heath, Jonathan Heath, William Holt, Ebenezer Johnson, John Jackman, Thomas Low, Reu- ben McCaslin, Adam Coffin, William McPhetors, Eli Oakes, Joseph Page, Joel Preston, Isaac Pishon, James Phillips, Allen Quinon, Isaac Smith, Joseph Severance, John Tibbets, William Tozer, Morey Tumon, Ichabod Tibbetts, John Wilson, William White.
The following new names appear upon the roll of this company for service at Eastport and vicinity Sept. I to Dec. 31, 1812, in "Maj. Jacob Ulmer's Battalion":
Privates William Ames, Buckman Chandler, Thomas More, Adam McCaslin, Seth Thompson, Willian McPherson, 2d.
These two companies of militia, under command of Maj. Philip Ulmer, were detached from the brigade of General Blake, upon the Penobscot, and were relieved by regular troops after a few months' service. July II, 1814, the fort and garrison at Eastport were surrendered to a superior force of British, which appeared with a fleet
from Halifax. A few weeks later, further hostile move- ments along the coast awakening alarm, Col. Foote, of Camden, ordered into the field the greater part of his regiment of militia, and a detachment was drawn from the militia of Bangor and vicinity, to strengthen the gar- rison of regular troops at Castine. The British descent upon the Penobscot came all too soon. Mr. Williamson, near the close of his History of Maine, relates the stirring events of this period at length in the following terms :
To supply the troops at Halifax with provisions, for which they were suffering, Captain Barrie, in the Dragon, of seventy-four guns, was dispatched to that station from the Chesapeake, with eight hundred barrels of flour and other articles, attended by their captured vessels, which had on board some freights. On his arrival there, an expedition was speedily planned against Penobscot and Machias. The fleet con- sisted of three 74's, the Dragon, Spenser, and Bulwark; two frigates, late from the Mediterranean, the Burhaute and Tenedos; two sloops- of-war, the Sylph and Peruvian ; an armed schooner called the Pictu ; a large tender and ten transports. The number of troops embarked was about three thousand. Lieutenant-General Sir John C. Sherbrooke had the paramount, and Major-General Gosselin the immediate com- mand of the land forces, and Edward Griffith, esq., rear-admiral of the white, commanded the naval squadron.
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