You might find this interesting, just thought of it reading this category. I read this in a Mobil Travel guide in the 1980's. There was a Resolution passed by the U.S. Senate in 1909 declaring that the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant, VA, now West Virginia, the 1st battle, not in Concord, MA.
A lot depends on what is considered a "battle" or a "skirmish" or an "engagement" or an "action". We were out west several years ago and saw a sign that stated this was the westernmost site of Civil War action ( I *think* we were in New Mexico). I later looked it up and it turned out that some Confederate "recruiters" rode into town, there was some chest-bumping between them and some Northern adherents and somebody got winged in the arm. Most Civil War historians don't consider that even an "action", but it's a local tourist tidbit, so they let it ride.
One of the early naval battles in the Revolutionary War was in Machias, Maine on June 11-12, 1775, known as the Battle of Machias. On March 2, 1775, Thompson's War, also a naval battle, took place in what is now Portland, Maine, although Maine was part of Massachusetts at the time. Neither of these precedes the 1774 battle, although Thompson's War precedes the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Some three months before President Washington signed the Naval Act of 1794 into law ─ the act authorizing the construction of the Navy’s first six frigates ─ Congress passed a resolution to establish with haste a national navy that could protect U.S. commercial vessels from attacks by Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean and nearby Atlantic waters. The resolution passed narrowly ─ 46 to 44 ─ and resulted in the creation of a nine-man committee to study issues of naval buildup, especially cost and size. On 6 February 1794, the committee recommended four 44-gun ships and two 20-gun ships. Congressional debate on whether to act on the committee’s recommendation lasted until 10 March and built on years of indecision and ambivalence on the issue of a national navy. While everyone agreed that the British
Ken, I made a mistake, it was The Marines I was thinking of not the Navy which was started after the marines.
My mistake, it was The Marines that was created to fight the Pirates on Nov.10th,1775 the Continental Matines were established..
It just seemed odd to stop in the middle of a sentence, is all. The link doesn't complete the sentence, as far as I can see. No big deal.
LOL, tell me about it! What a deceitful piece of work. On search engine it gave me what info I put up. . I still have trouble too, posting links without them tasking up the whole page!!
You can find that in THIS THREAD. It's pretty easy on a computer, although probably harder to do it on a tablet or cell phone.
I'll try it again later when I feel more like a challenge. Thanks Ken but today is not a good one for learning. I have a laptop.