Nathaniel Philbrick
Bunker Hill - 2013 history (published Viking Press)
Part Two, Chapter 10 (page 230)
The Americans had lost 115 killed and had 305
wounded, with most of the casualties occurring
during the retreat. Of the approximately 2,200
British soldiers in the battle, 1,054 had been killed
or wounded. The British had been victorious, but as
General Howe wrote: "The success is too dearly bought". . .
subsequently the Continental Congress voted to put
Virginia Planter and former army officer
George Washington
at the head of the Continental Army -- he impressed
his fellow delegates as "sober, steady, calm".
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see further -- masshist.org/features/bunker-hill/essay
June 17, 1775
250 years ago
the first time at the outset of
the Revolutionary War that
British forces and rebel forces
faced off in sustained conflict
over a specific piece of territory
apnews.com/article/battle-bunker-hill-
250th-anniversary-1775
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