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Jonathan Brewer (search for this): chapter 40
was expected to be the chief point of attack. As soon as he arrived there Prescott proposed that he should take the command; but he answered as he had done to Putnam: I come as a volunteer, to learn from a soldier of experience; and in choosing his station he looked only for the place of greatest danger and importance. Of the men of Essex who formed Little's regiment, full a hundred and twenty-five hastened to the aid of Prescott; Worcester and Middlesex furnished more than seventy from Brewer's regiment, and with them the prudent and fearless William Buckminster, of Barre, their lieutenant colonel. From the same counties came above fifty more, led by John Nixon, of Sudbury. Willard Moore, of Paxton, a man of superior endowments, brought on about forty of Worcester county; from the regiment of Whitcomb, of Lancaster, there appeared at least fifty privates, but with no higher officers than captains. Not more than six light field pieces were brought upon the ground; but from defe
John Stark (search for this): chapter 40
air his strength at Headquarters; but he ordered the New Hampshire regiments of Stark, stationed at Medford, and of Reed, near Charlestown neck, to march to Prescottbefore they advanced, a party of New Hampshire levies arrived, led on by Colonel John Stark, who, next to Prescott, Chap. Xxxix} 1775. June 17. brought the largest f his captains who walked by his side, advised a quick step. Dearborn, replied Stark, one fresh man in action is worth ten fatigued ones; and he marched leisurely aescott; they fought independently; Prescott to defend the redoubt, Knowlton and Stark, with Reed's regiment, to protect its flank. These are all who arrived before with the precision of troops on parade. Here, too, the Americans, commanded by Stark and Knowlton, cheered on by Putnam, who like Prescott bade them reserve their f but the day before the mowers had swung the scythe in peace, the dead, relates Stark, lay as thick as sheep in a fold. Howe for a few seconds was left nearly alone
John Burgoyne (search for this): chapter 40
thing above two thousand men; about two thousand men and two battalions to reinforce him, wrote Burgoyne; near upon three thousand, thought very accurate observers, and a corps of five regiments, one es were annoyed from houses in the village, Howe sent a boat over with a request to Clinton and Burgoyne to burn it. The order was immediately obeyed by a discharge of shells from Copp's Hill. The inne, advanced to a simultaneous assault on the whole front from the redoubt to Mystic river. In Burgoyne's opinion, his disposition was soldierlike and perfect. Of the two columns which were put in mun was reflected from their burnished armor; the battery on Copp's Hill, from which Clinton and Burgoyne were watching every movement, kept up an incessant fire, which was seconded by the Falcon and tom the fields and hills around, watched every gallant act of their defenders. The whole, wrote Burgoyne, was a complication of horror and importance beyond any thing it ever came to my lot to be witn
George Clinton (search for this): chapter 40
been willing that the threat should be disregarded. The time for the holocaust was now come. Pretending that his flank- Chap. Xxxix} 1775. June 17. ing parties were annoyed from houses in the village, Howe sent a boat over with a request to Clinton and Burgoyne to burn it. The order was immediately obeyed by a discharge of shells from Copp's Hill. The inflammable buildings caught in an instant, and a party of men landed and spread the fire; but from the sudden shifting of the wind, the mo of Prescott would be turned, and he would be forced to surrender on finding the enemy in his rear. As they began to march, the dazzling lustre of a summer's sun was reflected from their burnished armor; the battery on Copp's Hill, from which Clinton and Burgoyne were watching every movement, kept up an incessant fire, which was seconded by the Falcon and the Lively, the Somerset and the two floating batteries; the town of Charlestown, consisting of five hundred edifices of wood, burst into
Paxton (search for this): chapter 40
ier of experience; and in choosing his station he looked only for the place of greatest danger and importance. Of the men of Essex who formed Little's regiment, full a hundred and twenty-five hastened to the aid of Prescott; Worcester and Middlesex furnished more than seventy from Brewer's regiment, and with them the prudent and fearless William Buckminster, of Barre, their lieutenant colonel. From the same counties came above fifty more, led by John Nixon, of Sudbury. Willard Moore, of Paxton, a man of superior endowments, brought on about forty of Worcester county; from the regiment of Whitcomb, of Lancaster, there appeared at least fifty privates, but with no higher officers than captains. Not more than six light field pieces were brought upon the ground; but from defective conduct and want of ammunition, even these were scarcely used. A few shot were thrown from two or three of them; as if to mark the contrast with the heavy and incesssant cannonade of the British. At the
William Prescott (search for this): chapter 40
point of attack. As soon as he arrived there Prescott proposed that he should take the command; butundred and twenty-five hastened to the aid of Prescott; Worcester and Middlesex furnished more than e were, as yet, but the Connecticut men, whom Prescott had detached. The two field pieces had been allowed him no opportunity of consulting with Prescott; they fought independently; Prescott to defeny easy to be scrambled over, when the left of Prescott would be turned, and he would be forced to su and Knowlton, cheered on by Putnam, who like Prescott bade them reserve their fire, restrained themterval of about fifteen minutes, during which Prescott moved round among his men, encouraging them afrom the whole American line, there was, said Prescott, a continuous stream of fire, and though the in. If we drive them back once more, cried Prescott, they cannot rally again. To the enduring huthe ammunition was almost exhausted. Though Prescott had sent in the morning for a supply, he Cha[6 more...]
Knowlton (search for this): chapter 40
have taken them on the side and instantly dislodged them, he posted triple ranks of his men; the rest knelt or lay down. The time allowed him no opportunity of consulting with Prescott; they fought independently; Prescott to defend the redoubt, Knowlton and Stark, with Reed's regiment, to protect its flank. These are all who arrived before the beginning of the attack; and not more than a hundred and fifty others of various regiments, led by different officers or driven by their own zeal, reachd near the Mystic under the lead of Howe, moved gallantly forward against the rail-fence, and when within eighty or one hundred yards, displayed into line, with the precision of troops on parade. Here, too, the Americans, commanded by Stark and Knowlton, cheered on by Putnam, who like Prescott bade them reserve their fire, restrained themselves as if by universal consent, till at the proper moment, resting their guns on the rails of the fence, they poured forth a deliberate, well directed, fata
George Washington (search for this): chapter 40
ties of Devens, of Charlestown, himself a member of the committee of safety, Ward consented to order reinforcements; among them his own regiment, but it was too late. The whole number of Americans on the ground at that time, including all such as crossed the causeway seasonably to take part in the fight, according to the most solemn assurances of the officers who were in the action, to the testimony of eye witnesses, to contemporary inquirers, and to the carefully considered judgment of Washington, did not exceed one thousand five hundred men. Nor should history forget to record that, as in the army at Cambridge, so also in this gallant band, the free negroes of the colony had their representatives. For the right of free negroes to bear arms in the public defence was, at that day, as little disputed in New England as their other rights. They took their place not in a separate corps, but in the ranks with the white man, and their names may be read on the pension rolls of the cou
Israel Putnam (search for this): chapter 40
attended, and with a musket in his hand. He stood for a short time near a cannon at the rail fence in conversation with Putnam, who declared a Chap. Xxxix} 1775. June 17. readiness to receive his orders; but Warren declined to assume authority, anattack. As soon as he arrived there Prescott proposed that he should take the command; but he answered as he had done to Putnam: I come as a volunteer, to learn from a soldier of experience; and in choosing his station he looked only for the place oled by different officers or driven by their own zeal, reached the battle ground before the retreat. From first to last, Putnam took an active interest in the expedition, and the appointment of Prescott to Chap. Xxxix} 1775. June 17. its command, o line, with the precision of troops on parade. Here, too, the Americans, commanded by Stark and Knowlton, cheered on by Putnam, who like Prescott bade them reserve their fire, restrained themselves as if by universal consent, till at the proper mom
Dearborn (search for this): chapter 40
ey advanced, a party of New Hampshire levies arrived, led on by Colonel John Stark, who, next to Prescott, Chap. Xxxix} 1775. June 17. brought the largest number of men into the field.— When they came to the isthmus, which was raked by cannon, Dearborn, one of his captains who walked by his side, advised a quick step. Dearborn, replied Stark, one fresh man in action is worth ten fatigued ones; and he marched leisurely across Charlestown neck, through the galling fire of cannon shot, which buzDearborn, replied Stark, one fresh man in action is worth ten fatigued ones; and he marched leisurely across Charlestown neck, through the galling fire of cannon shot, which buzzed about them like hail. Of quickest perception, resolute in decision, the rugged trapper was as calm as though he had been hunting in his native woods. At a glance upon the beach along Mystic river, I saw there, he related, the way so plain, that the enemy could not miss it. While some of his men continued the line of defence by still weaving grass between the rails, others, at his bidding, leaped down the bank, and with stones from adjacent walls, on the instant threw up a breastwork to th
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