Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Lieutenant Lewis” in entry castine-capture-of of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
... corvette John Adams, 24 guns, had entered the Penobscot, he hastened to overtake her. On the morning of Sept. 1 they arrived in the harbor of Castine.
There was a small American force there, under Lieutenant Lewis , occupying a little battery.
Lewis, finding resistance would be in vain, spiked the guns, blew up the battery, and fled.
About 600 British troops landed and took quiet possession of the place.
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