Thompson's War
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Thompson's War was an early American Revolutionary War confrontation between Samuel Thompson's patriot militia and loyalists supported by HMS Canceaux. The confrontation ended without fatalities, but provoked the retaliatory Burning of Falmouth five months later. Falmouth is now known as Portland, Maine, but Maine was part of Massachusetts at the time.
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Part of Boston Campaign | |||||||
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Patriot militia |
Loyalists Great Britain | ||||||
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Samuel Thompson | Henry Mowat |
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