I hate to be the one to tear down this American legend, but Revere faced court martial for cowardice as a result of his performance at the Pebnobscot bay expedition. Gen. Wadsworth was his C.O., he brought the charges, and his grandson was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Penobscot Bay expedition was Americas worst naval defeat until Pearl Harbour. It’s a long story. Hero? Marginal sort of, but the making of him a hero was politics.
History buffs will appriciate Bernard Cornwall’s “The Fort” for a detailed account.
Regardless, it stands to reason that there must have been limited and ineffective coordination among the Massachusetts Navy, the Continental Navy, and the Massachusetts Militia, where Revere served.
I have learned that many stories are apocryphal. :(