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	Battle of Bunker Hill - MSN Encarta
		Battle of Bunker Hill, first large-scale engagement of the American Revolution, fought on June 17, 1775, in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Massachusetts.
		At issue in the battle was possession of Bunker Hill (34 m/110 ft) and Breed's Hill (23 m/75 ft), adjoining heights dominating Boston Harbor.
		An obelisk, the Bunker Hill Monument, stands on Breed's Hill in commemoration of the battle.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553345/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill.html (383 words)

	BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL MAP - Archiving Early America
		In all of the twenty battles of the Revolution, Bunker Hill exacted a heavy toll on British officers.
		In this one battle alone one-eighth of the British officers in the entire War were killed and one-sixth were wounded on that day.
		Bunker Hill showed the Americans that the British were not invincible.
	www.earlyamerica.com /earlyamerica/maps/bunkerhill (492 words)

	Bunker Hill History
		This battle was a great significance to the American colonists but also recorded the Bunker name for posterity all over the eastern part of the country.
		According to Henry Bunker III, at least two versions of the flag used by the American patriots in the battle of Bunker Hill are depicted in paintings made long after the battle.
		This flag, with the addition of a green pine tree in the upper inner quarter of the union, was carried at the battle of Bunker Hill as depicted in early paintings.
	www.bunkerfamilyassn.org /bunker_hill.html (472 words)

	battle of bunker hill information and the battle of bunker hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place on June 17, 1775 during the Siege of Boston.
		The battleground of the battle of bunker hill
		Bunker Hill is an elevation at the rear of the peninsula, and Breed's Hill is near the Boston end, while the town of Charlestown occupied the flats at the southern end.
	www.revolutionarywar-history.com /Battle-of-Bunker-Hill.aspx (1355 words)

	The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut - 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill
		Twice the British advanced on the front and flanks of the redoubt on Breed's Hill, and twice the Americans, holding their fire until the compact British lines were at close range, decimated the ranks of the advancing regiments and forced them to fall back and re-form.
		Bunker Hill was a Pyrrhic victory, its strategic effect practically nil since the two armies remained in virtually the same position they had held before.
		Bunker Hill, along with Lexington and Concord, went far to create the American tradition that the citizen soldier when aroused is more than a match for the trained professional, a tradition that was to be reflected in American military policy for generations afterward.
	www.colonialwarsct.org /1775_bunker_hill.htm (846 words)

	Chronology10
		Bunker Hill was located at the west end of the peninsula, near the Charlestown Neck and measured one hundred and ten feet to the summit.
		Breed's Hill stood seventy-five feet in height in the center of the peninsula and was connected to Bunker Hill by a ridge.
		Bunker Hill, by virtue of being the largest of the raised points on the peninsula, would therefore give the eventual battle its name.
	www.motherbedford.com /Chronology10.htm (6521 words)

	The Significance of the Battle of Bunker Hill - Andrew Green
		This battle was a stark contrast to the one that occurred two months later at Bunker Hill, where experienced officers directing militia dealt a stunning blow to the British army.
		Bunker Hill starts at the Neck and rises sharply to a height of 113 feet and gently slopes down to the east and forms a low ridge along the Mystic River’s shore parallel to Breed’s Hill.
		The Battle of Concord was significant because it was the first true instance of armed conflict between the British and the colonists, but the lack of organization and unified command among the colonists made it a running firefight and a fluke during the war.
	www.marshall.edu /pat/journal/CurrentIssue/Green_Andrew.htm (5890 words)

	Bunker Hill Monument
		The Bunker Hill Monument Association was incorporated in 1823 for the purpose of purchasing the battlegrounds of June 17, 1775 and constructing on the site a suitable memorial.
		The Bunker Hill Monument Association maintained the monument and grounds until 1919 when it was turned over to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
		In 1976 the Bunker Hill Monument was transferred to the National Park Service and became a unit of Boston National Historical Park.
	www.charlestownonline.net /bunkerhillmonument.htm (244 words)

	Battle of Bunker Hill - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the American Revolution on June 17, 1775.
		It was the first large-scale battle of the revolution, and was fought in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Massachusetts.
		Bunker Hill, Battle of, first large-scale engagement of the American Revolution, fought on June 17, 1775, in Charlestown (now part of Boston),...
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	The Battle of Bunker Hill: Now We Are at War
		A fiveacre park with stone markers is all that remains of the ground that became a raging battlefield and the site of the first fullscale battle of the American Revolution.
		It was in June 1775 that the pentup anger and hatred between the British and many American colonists exploded into brutal fury at the top of this hill, while the nearby town of Charlestown, Massachusetts, burned from redhot cannon balls fired by British warships into its wooden buildings.
		This Revolutionary War battle, which was supposed to have been fought on Bunker Hill, but which in fact took place on nearby Breed’s Hill, gained the British a narrow victory.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/42bunker/42bunker.htm (224 words)

	Bunker Hill Monument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bunker Hill Monument, erected to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill, is the first public obelisk erected in the United States.
		The monument was erected to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first major conflict between British and Patriot forces in the Revolutionary War, fought there June 17, 1775.
		Bunker Hill is one of the sites along the Freedom Trail and is part of Boston National Historical Park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bunker_Hill_Monument (734 words)

	What was the Battle of Bunker hill?
		At the same time General Clinton, who, from Copp's Hill, had seen the second recoil of the British troops, hastened across the river, and at the head of some broken battalions shared in the perils and success of a third attack, for Howe had again rallied his troops, and was pressing toward the Americans.
		Warren was the last to leave the redoubt, and was hurrying toward Bunker's Hill, where Putnam was trying to rally the fugitives, and was shot dead by a bullet that pierced his brain.
		The survivors encamped that night on Prospect Hill, and the British reposed on their arms on the field of battle until the next morning, when they passed over the water to Boston never again to appear on the main land of Massachusetts.
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	Battle of Bunker Hill
		Both hills were on the Charlestown peninsula approached by a narrow neck of land; Bunker Hill was the higher of the two and overlooked Breed's Hill.
		The British army was trained according to a theory of warfare which relied upon developing forces of sufficient numbers and discipline to be able to absorb volley after volley of enemy fire and still advance as a unit, continuing until the enemy position was overwhelmed.
		I have read many times of the glory of war but this one battle taught me, however it be painted by poet or novelist, there is nothing but wo and sorrow and shame to be found in the reality.
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	WPI Department of Military Science - Battle of Bunker's Hill Preliminary Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		However, these Americans on Breed's Hill appeared to be isolated, their defenses incomplete: A prompt counterattack should round up the lot of them, and might open up a chance of breaking up the Yankee Army.
		Breed's Hill measured only 60 feet in height, as compared to Bunker's 110 feet, and was closer to the eastern and southern shorelines, making it a target for artillery both offshore and in Boston.
		In preparation for the coming battle, Colonel Stark planted a wooden stake in the ground 35 yards from his men's position at the rail fence and stone wall.
	www.wpi.edu /Academics/Depts/MilSci/BTSI/Hill/prelim.html (2334 words)

	The Battle of Bunker Hill--Reading 2
		The British generals watching the battle from Copp’s Hill could not believe that what they had deemed to be the finest soldiers in the world were being slaughtered by backwoods colonials.
		The British army’s military victory at the battle of Bunker Hill was a moral victory for the colonists, however.
		After the Battle of Bunker Hill, the British considered abandoning the use of the frontal assault.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/42bunker/42facts2.htm (1402 words)

	The Decisive Day is Come: The Battle of Bunker Hill \| Essay by Bernard Bailyn
		"The story of Bunker Hill battle," Allen French wrote, "is a tale of great blunders heroically redeemed." The first blunder was the decision of the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to fortify Charlestown heights and attempt to hold it against the British, cooped up in Boston after their withdrawal from Lexington and Concord.
		The ultimate aim was, in the abstract at least, sensible enough: to tighten the encirclement of Boston by commanding the heights both north and south of the town—Dorchester as well as Charlestown—and to deny those commanding hills to the British.
		But the spot chosen for fortification was not Bunker Hill but Breed's Hill, only 75 feet high and 600 yards farther from the neck, controllable from the higher ground at its rear and isolated from the sole route of retreat.
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	American Revolution - Revolutionary War Battles - The Battle of Bunker Hill June 17, 1775
		After the Battles of Lexington and Concord, two armies faced one another in Boston, the Army of New England, and the British Army.
		The Battle of Bunker Hill began with a British assault on a collection of unproven continental regiments on June 17, 1775.
		About 2500 redcoats crossed the Charles River by ferry to march on the hills of Charleston, where resistance was to have been weakened by gunfire from the many ships at the mouth of the river.
	www.americanrevolution.com /BattleofBunkerHill.htm (585 words)

	The Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)
		A considerable height, by the name of Bunker Hill, just at the entrance of the peninsula of Charlestown, was so situated as to make the possession of it a matter of great consequence, to either of the contending parties.
		The British generals watching the battle from Copp’s Hill could not believe that what they had deemed to be the finest soldiers in the world were being slaughtered by backwood Americans.
		While most of the soldiers in the entrenched works fought tenaciously, the intended reinforcements on Bunker Hill refused to advance to the support of their comrades and there was the greatest confusion between the officers as to precedence.
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /battles/750617.htm (1816 words)

	Battle of Bunker Hill
		Scarcely fifteen minutes elapsed before they had re-formed their lines and made another dash up the hill, only to receive again such a murderous fire from the breastworks as no army, however brave, could have endured.
		At Bunker Hill they had discovered their own prowess, their ability to stand before the regulars; and Bunker Hill became a rallying cry of the patriots in every contest of the war.
		Most of the fighting was done at Breed's Hill, but the higher eminence near by gave its name to the battle.
	www.usahistory.info /Revolutionary-War/Bunker-Hill.html (1057 words)

	Thrilling Incidents in American History - BATTLE OF BUNKER'S HILL.
		HE traveller who visits Boston, cannot fail to associate in his mind the field of battle where the early heroes of the revolution first established the character of that event, marked as it was by undaunted resolution, the offspring of a determined purpose.
		This battle was generally admitted, by experienced officers of the British army who witnessed it, and had served at Minden, Dettingen, and throughout the campaigns in Germany, to have been unparalleled for the time it lasted and the numbers engaged.
		The battle of Quebec, in the former war, with all its glory, and the vastness of the consequences attending it, was not so disastrous in the loss of officers as this affair of an American intrenchment the work of but a few hours.
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	Firsts at Bunker Hill
		One commissioned officer and ten enlisted men, residents of Groton, MA were either killed or mortally wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
		This loss was the largest suffered by any one town in the battle, and shows the patriotic character of the citizens at that period.
		These Soldiers were serving in five different companies of Col. Prescott's regiment, and their names now appear on the bronze tablets which have been placed on Bunker Hill by the city of Boston in memory of the brave men who fell in that historic engagement.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ma/state/revwar/bunker2.html (968 words)

	Battle of Bunker Hill - Lyrical Legacy (Library of Congress)
		The rebels’ armed forces were new and disorganized and had not yet been tested in a major battle.
		Songs about the justness of the Americans’ cause and the courage of their soldiers were being sung in the streets of Boston and Philadelphia, but some colonists still feared the prospect of a bloody confrontation with the British.
		Over the centuries, the bravery of the colonial troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill has provided inspiration to countless American poets and songwriters.
	www.loc.gov /teachers/lyrical/poems/bunker_hill.html (309 words)

	Bunker Hill Battle
		On June 17, 1775 British regulars faced an assemblage of independently minded colonial militia at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
		Critical to the British occupation of Boston was control of the hills on the Charlestown peninsula.
		From her he could press westward across the peninsula, outflank the American redoubt and seize Bunker's Hill and Charlestown neck.
	www.charlestownonline.net /bunkerhillbattle.htm (1075 words)

	Battle Of Bunker Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		By Rob H. and Sam M. The Battle of Bunker Hill took place in 1775 on June 17, near the city of Boston.
		The battle was fought by the Americans and by the British troops.
		An obelisk the Bunker Hill monument still stands on Breed's Hill in commemoration of the battle.
	russell.gresham.k12.or.us /Colonial_America/Battle_Of_Bunker_Hill.html (188 words)

	Battle of Breed's Hill / Bunker Hill Boston, MA Boston Massachusetts Boston
		On June 17, 1775, American troops displayed their mettle in the Battle of Bunker Hill during the siege of Boston, inflicting casualties on nearly half of the British troops dispatched to secure Breed's Hill (the actual site of the battle).
		Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873 includes a petition from a veteran of the Battle of Bunker Hill to be added to the list of invalid pensioners.
		John Trumbull whose paintings depicting the Battle of Bunker Hill and other events of the Revolutionary period have become American icons.
	www.bostoncitylinks.com /bunker_hill.html (686 words)

	Bunker Hill Flag - The Battle of Bunker Hill
		The Battle of Bunker Hill was the bloodiest battle of the Revolutionary War in America (1775-1783).
		The American patriots learned of the plan and decided to occupy Bunker Hill, which was on Charlestown Peninsula, across the Charles River north of Boston.
		They bypassed Bunker Hill and fortified Breed's Hill, which was closer to Boston.
	www.grpflags.com /historical_flags/bunker_hill_flag.htm (242 words)

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