 American Army of Two

The American Army of Two, sometimes called American Lighthouse Army of Two, is the name commonly given to Rebecca and Abigail Bates of Scituate, Massachusetts.They were lighthouse keeper Simeon Bates' daughters.In September, 1814, Bates was away from the Old Scituate Light station with most of his family when the British landed a warship, the "La Hogue", near the harbor with the intent of sending a raiding party into the town.