Raid on Charlottetown (1775)

The Raid on Charlottetown of 17–18 November 1775, early in the American Revolutionary War, involved two American privateers of the Marblehead Regiment attacking and pillaging Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, then known as St. John's Island. The raid motivated Nova Scotia Governor Francis Legge to declare martial law. Despite the raid's success, George Washington immediately freed senior colonial officials the privateers had brought back as prisoners to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Raid on Charlottetown (1775)
Part of the American Revolutionary War

Rev. Theophilus Desbrisay, taken prisoner
Date17–18 November 1775
Location
Result Privateer victory
Belligerents
United Colonies  Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Nicholson Broughton (Hancock)
John Selman (Franklin)
Phillips Callbeck (POW)
Thomas Wright (POW)
Peter Higgins (POW)
Strength
2 brigs militia
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