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General Thomas Gage (10 March 1718/19 – 2 April 1787) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his many years of service in North America, including serving as Commander-in-Chief, North America during the early days of the American Revolution.
The Massachusetts Powder Alarm was a major popular reaction to the removal of gunpowder from a magazine near Boston by British soldiers under orders from General Thomas Gage, royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, on September 1, 1774.
General Gage's Informers. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Frothingham, Richard Jr. (1903). History of the Siege of Boston and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill. Little and Brown. OCLC 221368703. Galvin, Gen. John R.
Margaret outlived Thomas Gage by 36 years. The couple had eleven children, and their first son, the future 3rd Viscount Gage, was born in Montreal in 1761. Gage's daughter, Charlotte Margaret Gage, married Admiral Sir Charles Ogle. [1] Descendants of Kemble Gage include: Lieutenant General Sir John Paul Foley (1939) retired British general
After meeting with Adams and Hancock, Revere and Dawes set off to warn colonists in Concord. [12] They preceded the British, led by General Thomas Gage, as they marched to Concord to destroy patriots' stores of military weapons and equipment. [1] Responding to the call to arms, colonists went to Concord and fought the British. [1]
In early September, General Thomas Gage, the royal governor of Massachusetts, had removed gunpowder from a powder magazine in Charlestown (in a location now in Somerville), and militia from all over New England had flocked to the area in response to false rumors that violence had been involved.
The engagement which took place at the North Bridge has historically been known as the "Concord Fight" and was a part of the larger Battles of Lexington and Concord. On April 18, 1775, General Thomas Gage, the military Governor of Massachusetts, dispatched a force of roughly 700 British soldiers from Boston to confiscate or destroy military ...
Portrait of Thomas Gage by John Singleton Copley. General Thomas Gage who was the Royal Governor of Massachusetts in 1774 as well as Commander-in-Chief, North America. The Middlesex County Convention took place in Concord in August 1774, with James Prescott serving as Chairman and Ebenezer Bridge serving as Clerk. The delegates resolved to say ...