Category: History - American
There have been many histories of the Battle of Lexington and of the Battle of Concord, some of them excellent to the extent of that part of the contest to which they were devoted. From time to time gifted orators have gone to the one town or to the other, and eloquently portr...
[36] Rev. Mr. Gordon, of Roxbury, wrote a very interesting account of the commencement of hostilities which was published in the North American Almanack for 1776. He speaks of o...
7. Part 7About a quarter of a mile beyond the North Bridge, and in a westerly direction from it, is a little hill about forty feet higher than the river.[180] To reach it by road from th...
4. Part 4In Danvers, sixteen miles away, news of the British advance was given at about 9 o'clock, and was communicated to the citizens by bells and drums, who responded by thronging to...
5. Part 5[94] The interested reader should consult the map of Boston and vicinity by J. F. W. Des Barres first published, May 5, 1775, and reprinted in Shattuck's History of Boston, and...
9. Part 9The British did not stop to disperse any rebels on Lexington Common, for none were there to oppose their retreat, but passed off the southeasterly point, as the Americans came p...
11. Part 11Back of the Russell house in a southerly direction, the land slopes gently upward for a little way, and then rises to a considerable height. Near the foot of this hill a goodly...
10. Part 10And let us not forget that from that time on, Percy was in supreme command of the united British forces, amounting to nearly eighteen hundred men. To him belongs the credit of a...
8. Part 8[199] "Our company and most of the others pursued, but in great disorder." Deposition of Thomas Thorp of the Acton Company. "The loss of our Captain was the cause of much of the...
6. Part 6Ensign Robert Munroe was killed while attempting to escape. He was just at the edge of the Common, by the wall at Merriam's barn.[134] His daughter, Anna, wife of Daniel Harring...
2. Part 2"Suppose the colonists do abound in men, what does that signify? They are raw, undisciplined, cowardly men. I wish instead of 40 or 50,000 of these brave fellows, they would pro...
12. Part 12At Charlestown Common, on the corner of the road to the Penny Ferry which crossed the Mystic River to Everett,[312] stood the home of William Barber, sea captain. His family con...
1. Part 1There have been many histories of the Battle of Lexington and of the Battle of Concord, some of them excellent to the extent of that part of the contest to which they were devot...
13. Part 13Lexington, alarm in, 34 Battle of, 57 Burial of the slain, 113 Damages, 128 Killed and wounded, 158 Men of, 58 Meeting house bombarded by Percy, 112 Smith's advance through, 57...
16. Part 16_Captain_ Saml. Barnard _Lieutenant_ John Stratton _Second Lieutenant_ Phinehas Stearns _Ensign_ Edward Harrington _Sergeant_ Saml. Sanger _Sergeant_ Christopher Grant _Sergeant...
15. Part 15_Captain_ Samuel Belknap _Lieutenant_ Joseph Winn _Lieutenant_ Nathaniel Brooks _Sergeant_ Joshua Tay _Sergeant_ Samuel Person _Sergeant_ William Fox _Clerk_ Abijah Tompson _Dru...
17. Part 17_Captain_, Rufus Mansfield _First Lieutenant_, Joseph Ballard _Second Lieutenant_, Dan Newhall _Sergeant_, Joseph Hart _Sergeant_, Edmund Clark _Sergeant_, Henry Burchsted _Serg...
14. Part 14_Captain_ William Smith _Lieutenant_ Samuel Farrar _Second Lieutenant_, Samuel Hoar _Sergeant_ Saml Hartwell _Sergeant_ David Fisk _Sergeant_ John Hartwell _Sergeant_ Jonas Maso...