ME, USA
Bagaduce Harbor
Landmark
The harbor below Fort George where the American fleet of more than forty vessels anchored during the 1779 siege. The harbor's geography — deep, well-sheltered, commanded by the high ground above — made it a strategic position worth fighting over. The same waters where the American fleet lay at anchor in July 1779 are today a quiet Maine harbor.
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Address
Castine Harbor, Castine, ME 04421
Connected Events
Jun 1779
British Forces Land at Bagaduce
Brigadier General Francis McLean
Jul 1779
Massachusetts Assembles the Penobscot Expedition Fleet
Commodore Dudley Saltonstall, Brigadier General Solomon Lovell
Jul 1779
American Fleet Arrives at Bagaduce
Commodore Dudley Saltonstall
Jul 1779
Three Weeks of Command Paralysis
Commodore Dudley Saltonstall, Brigadier General Solomon Lovell
Aug 1779
British Relief Squadron Arrives Under Collier
Commodore Dudley Saltonstall, Commodore George Collier
Aug 1779
American Fleet Destroyed on the Penobscot River
Commodore George Collier
Sep 1779
Saltonstall Court-Martialed and Dismissed
Commodore Dudley Saltonstall
Sep 1779