From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 30. –A Captain who was lately seized by Admiral Greaves and taken into Boston, has just come out; he says he was at the wharf at Noddle’s island when the battle began. The master of the Diana schooner…
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Battle of Hog Island
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From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 28. –Yesterday a party of the American army at Cambridge, to the number of between two and three hundred men, had orders to drive off the live stock from Hog and Noddle’s islands. In attempting to carry out…