Meet the American who first commanded the Marines: Revolutionary War hero Samuel Nicholas
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Major Samuel Nicholas was the first captain of the Marines and in 1776 led his men on a daring raid on the Bahamas, establishing the Marines as a formidable fighting force.
The Philadelphia Quaker, orphaned as a 7-year-old boy, answered the call of a rebellious new nation and organized the first battalions of Continental Marines in Philadelphia in November 1775, in the early days of the American Revolution. "The first landing party ever engaged in by Continental Marines was a complete success." "He organized the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club, one of the first hunting clubs in America. He was also involved in the Patriotic Association of Philadelphia." "[With] confidence in your patriotism, valor, conduct and fidelity … [we] appoint you to be Captain of the Marines." — Continental Congress to Captain Nicholas "They seized two dozen casks of gunpowder, 88 cannons, 15 mortars and other provisions." "Nicholas set the precedent for the Marines to become the world's most formidable sea-to-land fighting force." Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
Just four months later, then-Captain Nicholas led his untested fighting force to face the enemy overseas with a daring amphibious raid on a British military depot in Nassau, Bahamas.
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