Privateers Descend on Chester
- When
- June 30, 1782
- Where
- Chester, Nova Scotia
- Part of
- Raid on Lunenburg
Stoddard's commissioned Scammell and other privateers fired on Chester on June 30, then learned Lunenburg's defenders had left and moved to attack it.
Stoddard's vessel Scammell was commissioned in April 1782, and the plan to raid Lunenburg was made in Boston. On June 30, the day before the raid, Stoddard and two other privateers descended on Chester, Nova Scotia, firing cannon from their vessels. Militia captain Jonathan Prescott informed them that the military forces were gone from Lunenburg and headed to Chester. In response, the American privateers left Chester and went on to attack Lunenburg.
Sources
- Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1782) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16
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