Bunker Hill
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Breed’s Hill from the east. 6/23/2012 4:46:49 PM

Bunker Hill Monument
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Monument to Colonel William Prescott
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Bunker Hill
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View of Boston from the top of Breed’s Hill. The houses were not there during the Revolutionary War so there were commanding views of the city. 6/23/2012 4:50:49 PM

Plaque remembering the battle of Bunker Hill
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Map of the battle of Bunker Hill

Bunker Hill

Death of General Warren on Bunker Hill by John Trumbull.

The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775 and the monument commemorating the battle is actually on Breed’s Hill where most of the fighting took place.

In an effort to gain the high ground during the Siege of Boston early in the Revolutionary War, the colonial army sent 1,200 men under the command of William Prescott to secretly occupy and fortify Breed’s and Bunker Hills on June 13, 1775. They constructed a particularly impressive redoubt on Breed’s Hill. When the British realized the colonials had secured the hills, they attacked being repulsed two times before a third assault succeeded in taking Breed’s Hill primarily because the colonials ran out of ammunition. The colonials retreated via Bunker Hill to Cambridge.

Although the British rightfully claimed a victory their casualties were extraordinarily high. There were 226 soldiers killed and 828 more suffered wounds (nearly a third of the British forces in Boston). Some 140 colonials were killed (many retreating over Bunker Hill) and 310 wounded.

Jack Crane

Battle of Bunker Hill

The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial and British troops, and is occasionally referred to as the "Battle of Breed's Hill."

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle of Bunker Hill
• McCullough, D., 2006, 1776: Simon and Schuster, 400p.