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Peleg Wadsworth (May 6, 1748 – November 12, 1829) was an American Patriot officer during the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts representing the District of Maine. He was also grandfather of noted American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow .
11 de feb. de 2019 · Peleg Wadsworth’s most notable part of the Revolutionary War was as a bright spot in an otherwise disastrous battle. In what became known as the Penobscot Expedition, the American forces tried to overtake Fort George in modern day Maine (which was then a county in Massachusetts).
Peleg Wadsworth's Pistol. While Peleg pursued his political career and business enterprises in Hiram, Elizabeth ran the Portland household, guiding their children into adulthood. By 1797 Charles was married.
Peleg Wadsworth*. General Peleg Wadsworth was born at Duxbury on April 25, 1748, a son of Deacon Peleg and Susanna (Sampson) Wadsworth. As an undergraduate, he lived for three years in Hollis with his classmate Scammell.
On April 28, 1780, Gen. Peleg Wadsworth wrote a letter from Falmouth (now Portland), describing the sad state of the conflict in the Province of Maine. Since March, he had command of all the troops raised to defend the Province of Maine.
It was the largest American naval expedition of the war. The fighting took place on land and at sea around the mouth of the Penobscot and Bagaduce rivers at Castine, Maine, over a period of three weeks in July and August. It resulted in the United States' worst naval defeat until Pearl Harbor 162 years later in 1941.
During the panic that followed, Adjutant Gen. Peleg Wadsworth gave Revere an order. Revere was to send his brig carrying artillery to help evacuate a schooner drifting toward the British fleet. Revere initially refused, then followed Wadsworth’s orders.
