battle battle known battle second naval engagement american revolutionary war battle took place june port eastern maine resulted capture patriot militia british schooner following outbreak war start siege boston british authorities enlisted assistance loyalist merchant assist acquisition needed supplies jones merchant ships arrived june accompanied british armed sloop commanded townspeople unhappy jones business practices decided arrest attempt decided moore ship moore able escape harbor townspeople seized jones ships armed second local ship sailed meet short confrontation captured moore vessel crew fatally wounding process people went capture additional british ships fought landing large force intended control town operating continued war background april american revolutionary war began battles lexington concord massachusetts bay following battle militia mustered oppose british besieged city boston british troops located boston british military leaders admiral general reason business people small coastal logging community located eastern maine required lumber build barracks additional troops arriving besieged city graves wanted recover guns wreck apparently intentionally run aground local pilot february ship guns reported interest patriots graves authorized merchant ships port boston flour food supplies town aboard ships unity exchange needed lumber guarantee happen graves sent armed schooner spelled historical accounts command flagship accompany merchant vessels moore carried orders retrieve wreck halifax pass way arrival june jones ships arrived port delayed guns halifax wreck jones met resistance community refusing sell pork flour allowed load lumber boston meeting june townspeople voted business jones hostile climate led jones ask moore bring firing distance town prompted town meet second time time voted permit trade unity docked wharf begin unloading following vote jones announced business voted favor trade angered voted colonel local militia leader militia neighboring towns capture jones following example month earlier plan seize church june failed noticed group men approaching building jones ran woods eventually emerged days later moore second command attending services managed ship prelude militia men boarded docked unity removed remaining supplies removed sails went land near place anchored demanded surrender moore refused threatening fire town threat real sported mounted guns capable firing pound shot militia men rowed anchored downstream attempted tow harbor attempt failed ran aground possibly low tide moore raised anchor came alongside intending recover brief exchange gunfire militia men shore raised anchor went downstream safe anchorage day men foster took men east local schooner remaining men unity installed makeshift serve protection armed muskets axes set time reached waters moore brought aboard pilot captain toby near sloop anchored overnight looking depart scene winds main boom broke away result moore captured sloop took replace took captive pilot connecticut conflict unity crew men elected brien captain sailed chase unity faster sailing vessel brien crew quickly overtook crippled maine historian indicates unity engaged sources disagree early 20th century historian claims ran aground caught men aboard unity battled directly seeing unity approaching moore opened sail cut away boats attempt escape unity pulled closer opened fire crew managed avoid fire pull alongside took tries tied alongside stormed board led brien brother john sides exchanged musket shots moore tossed hand grenades unity took musket shot chest duncan reports managed pull combined crews overwhelmed wounded second surrendered crew vessel moore taken care home nephew died day members moore crew killed taken british remaining crew members british schooner held month eventually handed reports circulated likely exaggerated british men died skirmishes area lost men died skirmish wounds badly wounded survived musket ball enter mouth exit ear aftermath community expecting wrath british_empire revenge immediately petitioned guidance supplies assistance organized defense maintained event british retaliation brien immediately outfitted captured vessels sources disagree vessel unity mentioned historian suggests recent scholarship favors armed guns taken changed july brien captured british armed officers captured came ashore near august formally recognized efforts commissioning brien commander british retaliation occurred burning october following rumours assault nova scotia planned stores small british fleet carrying men attempted august locals successfully fought landing rumors partly true idea proposed significant military planning taken place war men refitted armed variety ships including sailed looking battle british brien commissioned intercept merchant ships supplying british siege boston john built gun ship began american letter jerry captured new_york late escaped prison britain continued war british naval command continually frustrated actions seamen war use staging point militia actions nova scotia graves attempted subdue gave commands proceed reduce ordered sir destroy british officer presumed said damned rebels harder set bunker hill liberty pole story widely told story concerning affair men erected liberty pole meeting tavern discuss battles lexington concord story modern history books travel guides shown resident brien mention liberty pole earlier accounts including official report sent residents letters participants events
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