Battle Of Bunker Hill (June Of 1775)

The Battle of Bunker Hill took place in Massachusetts on June 17, 1775, and saw the British forces defeat the American Continental Army. Despite their success, which boosted their morale, the inexperienced colonial force suffered heavy losses in this battle. With over half of the 2,200 Redcoats who participated in the combat killed or injured, it was one of the bloodiest in the American Revolution. In comparison to the casualties suffered by the British, the patriots only suffered 400 casualties.

The British triumph, but at a price. British Maj. John Pitcairn, the officer hated for supposedly ordering his men to fire on Americans during the fight of Lexington and Concord weeks earlier, is said to have been killed at some point in the conflict by a "black soldier named Salem." However, the actual combat took place a neighboring third of a mile south on Breed's Hill rather than on Bunker Hill.

After the battle of Bunker Hill, the Patriots lost, but they are not discouraged. The core of the Continental Army is made up of those who decide to remain and keep the British cooped up in Boston. Within two weeks following the erroneously dubbed Battle of Bunker Hill, Virginian George Washington, who takes charge in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is tasked with turning the mob into a fighting army.