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The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. [5] The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts , which was peripherally involved.
Breed's Hill is a glacial drumlin located in the Charlestown section of Boston, Massachusetts.It is located in the southern portion of the Charlestown Peninsula, a historically oval, but now more roughly triangular, peninsula that was originally connected to the mainland portion of Charlestown (now the separate city of Somerville) in colonial times by a short, narrow isthmus known as the ...
The location is notable as the site of the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, early in the American Revolutionary War. Monument Square was laid out in the 19th century, when the Bunker Hill Monument (a National Historic Landmark) was erected there. The park is framed by predominantly residential buildings built in the mid-19th century.
The Bunker Hill Monument, located at the top of Breed's Hill in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, is a granite obelisk that was constructed in the mid-19th century to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill, fought June 17, 1775. The property is owned and administered by the National Park Service.
Battle of Bunker Hill: June 17, 1775: Massachusetts: British victory: British drive Patriot army from the Charlestown peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses [7] Capture of Turtle Bay Depot* July 20, 1775: New York: Patriot victory: Sons of Liberty capture storehouse and magazine [8] Battle of Gloucester: August 8, 1775: Massachusetts ...
The siege of Boston, 1775–1776 A map showing Boston and vicinity, including Bunker Hill, Dorchester Heights, and the troop disposition of Gen. Artemas Ward during the siege of Boston. From Marshall's Life of Washington (1806).
A Map of the Battle of Bunker Hill from 1775 displays Winter Hill to the northwest, with woody and marshy regions beyond. [3] A map by Henry Pelham published in 1777 includes the Winter Hill Fort as part of the "Military Works" in the area. [4] The Winter Hill Fort was described as "extensive" among other American Revolutionary War ...
Dorchester is remembered in American history for an action in the American Revolutionary War known as the Fortification of Dorchester Heights.After the battles of Lexington and Concord, Revolutionary sentiment within New England reached a new high, and thousands of militiamen from the Northern colonies converged on Boston, pushing the British back within what were then relatively narrow city ...