From The Vault: "The 16th Maine at Gettysburg"/"The Penobscot Expedition"

We start with the 2013 special "The 16th Maine at Gettysburg" which chronicles the valiant efforts of the 16th Maine at Gettysburg. July 1st through July 3rd of 1863 saw the bloodiest multi-day battle of the Civil War occur at Gettysburg. On the first day, the 275 soldiers of the 16th Maine played a pivotal role in holding their ground to allow nearly 16,000 Union troops to retreat.
In the second half of the show, we will go back to 2004 for an episode of Home: The Story of Maine that will examine the disastrous Penobscot Expedition during the Revolutionary War. It was the summer of 1779 when 44 American ships sailed to Penobscot Bay to battle the British fleet who had recently taken control of Castine. The resulting defeat of the American naval armada is considered one of the worst, and least known, episodes in our country’s maritime history.