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Halifax (Canada) (search for this): entry prescott-william
Prescott, William 1726-1795
Military officer; born in Groton, Mass., Feb. 20, 1726; was a provincial colonel at the capture of Cape Breton in 1754, and was one of General Winslow's captains in Nova Scotia in 1756, when the dispersion of the Acadians took place (see Acadia). Prescott inherited a large estate at Pepperell, and held several offices of trust there.
When the news of the fight at Lexington reached him he assembled a regiment of minute-men, of which he became colonel, and marched to Cambridge.
When it was decided to fortify Bunker Hill, Prescott was chosen to conduct the enterprise.
He cast up a redoubt and breastworks on Breed's Hill, and defended it bravely the next day (June 17, 1775) until his ammunition was exhausted, when he was compelled to retreat, after a severe battle with 3,000 troops under Generals Howe and Clinton.
He was among the last to quit the field.
Prescott resigned his commission early in 1777, and returned home; but in the autumn of the same
Breed's Hill (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry prescott-william
Pepperell (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry prescott-william
Groton (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry prescott-william
Prescott, William 1726-1795
Military officer; born in Groton, Mass., Feb. 20, 1726; was a provincial colonel at the capture of Cape Breton in 1754, and was one of General Winslow's captains in Nova Scotia in 1756, when the dispersion of the Acadians took place (see Acadia). Prescott inherited a large estate at Pepperell, and held several offices of trust there.
When the news of the fight at Lexington reached him he assembled a regiment of minute-men, of which he became colonel, and marched to Cambridge.
When it was decided to fortify Bunker Hill, Prescott was chosen to conduct the enterprise.
He cast up a redoubt and breastworks on Breed's Hill, and defended it bravely the next day (June 17, 1775) until his ammunition was exhausted, when he was compelled to retreat, after a severe battle with 3,000 troops under Generals Howe and Clinton.
He was among the last to quit the field.
Prescott resigned his commission early in 1777, and returned home; but in the autumn of the same
Gilbert Winslow (search for this): entry prescott-william
Prescott, William 1726-1795
Military officer; born in Groton, Mass., Feb. 20, 1726; was a provincial colonel at the capture of Cape Breton in 1754, and was one of General Winslow's captains in Nova Scotia in 1756, when the dispersion of the Acadians took place (see Acadia). Prescott inherited a large estate at Pepperell, and held several offices of trust there.
When the news of the fight at Lexington reached him he assembled a regiment of minute-men, of which he became colonel, and marched to Cambridge.
When it was decided to fortify Bunker Hill, Prescott was chosen to conduct the enterprise.
He cast up a redoubt and breastworks on Breed's Hill, and defended it bravely the next day (June 17, 1775) until his ammunition was exhausted, when he was compelled to retreat, after a severe battle with 3,000 troops under Generals Howe and Clinton.
He was among the last to quit the field.
Prescott resigned his commission early in 1777, and returned home; but in the autumn of the same
Lord Howe (search for this): entry prescott-william
William Prescott (search for this): entry prescott-william
Prescott, William 1726-1795
Military officer; born in Groton, Mass., Feb. 20, 1726; was a provincial colonel at the capture of Cape Breton in 1754, and was one of General Winslow's captains in Nova Scotia in 1756, when the dispersion of the Acadians took place (see Acadia). Prescott inherited a large estate at Pepperell, and held several offices of trust there.
When the news of the fight at Lexington reached him he assembled a regiment of minute-men, of which he became colonel, and marched to Cambridge.
When it was decided to fortify Bunker Hill, Prescott was chosen to conduct the enterprise.
He cast up a redoubt and breastworks on Breed's Hill, and defended it bravely the next day (June 17, 1775) until his ammunition was exhaust eat, after a severe battle with 3,000 troops under Generals Howe and Clinton.
He was among the last to quit the field.
Prescott resigned his commission early in 1777, and returned home; but in the autumn of the same year he entered the Northern arm
De Witt Clinton (search for this): entry prescott-william
Horatio Gates (search for this): entry prescott-william
John Burgoyne (search for this): entry prescott-william