Solomon Lovell
Solomon Lovell | |
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| Born | June 1, 1732 Abington, Massachusetts |
| Died | September 9, 1801 (aged 69) Weymouth, Massachusetts |
| Buried | North Weymouth Cemetery |
| Allegiance | Massachusetts United States |
| Branch | Massachusetts Militia Continental Army |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
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Brigadier-General Solomon Lovell (June 1, 1732 – September 9, 1801) was an American military officer and politician who served in the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading the land forces during the 1779 Penobscot Expedition, a disastrous attempt by Massachusetts to dislodge a British force from a settlement on a peninsula in Penobscot Bay, present-day Castine, Maine.