Breed's Hill

Breed's Hill

Breed's Hill is the actual site where the Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the American Revolution, located in the Charlestown section of Boston, Massachusetts.The Americans caught word of a British plan to fortify Charlestown peninsula and decided to get to the peninsula first, fortify it, and present sufficient threat to cause the British to leave Boston. On 16 June, 1775, under the leadership of General Putnam and Colonel Prescott, the Americans stole out onto the Charlestown Peninsula with instructions to establish defensive positions on Bunker Hill.

A redoubt, a small and usually temporary defensive fortification, was constructed on nearby Breed's Hill, due to its superior defensibility as opposed to Bunker Hill. The next morning, the British were astonished to see the rebel fortifications upon the hill and set out to reclaim the peninsula. The resulting conflict was the Battle of Bunker Hill. It was called the Battle of Bunker Hill because that is where Prescott originally intended to build the fortifications. There was disagreement over where to fight, and they eventually went to Breed's Hill. Each wall of the bunker hill redoubt was convert|16.5|ft|m long

Colonial Forces

*Connecticut Line:
**5th Connecticut Regiment
*Massachusetts Line:
**1st Massachusetts Regiment aka 15th Continental Regiment
**2nd Massachusetts Regiment aka 23rd Continental Regiment
**3rd Massachusetts Regiment aka 104th Infantry Regiment (United States)
**4th Massachusetts Regiment aka 3rd Continental Regiment
**5th Massachusetts Regiment aka 27th Continental Regiment
**6th Massachusetts Regiment aka 4th Continental Regiment
**8th Massachusetts Regiment aka 16th Continental Regiment
**12th Massachusetts Regiment aka 18th Continental Regiment
**13th Massachusetts Regiment aka 6th Continental Regiment
**25th Continental Regiment aka 182nd Cavalry Regiment {formerly Infnatry}
*New Hampshire Line:
**1st New Hampshire Regiment aka 5th Continental Regiment
**3rd New Hampshire Regiment aka 2nd Continental Regiment
*Rhode Island Line:
**2nd Rhode Island Regiment

References

* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Bunker_Hill 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Bunker Hill] on Wikisource


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