American Soldiers Killed June 17, 1775
Tablet #1:
Connecticut Troops
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Roger Fox, William Cheeney, Asahel Lyon, Matthew Cummings, Samuel Ashbo, Gershom Smith, Benjamin Ross, Daniel Memory, Wilson Rowlandson
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Soldiers Unassigned
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Amasa Fisk -- Pepperell
William Robinson ----------
John Dillon – Jersey, Eng.
John Lord ----------
Corp. Philip Fowler – Tewksbury
Corp. Samuel Hill – Billerica
Samuel Baily Jr. – Andover
Darius Stevens – Connecticut
John Meads – Ashby
Frye’s Regiment
Currier’s Company
David Huntington – Amesbury
Sawyer’s Company
John Eaton – Haverhill
Simeon Pike – Haverhill
Joseph Hibbard – Dracut
Richardson’s Company
Samuel Russell ----------
Daniel Evens -----------
James Milliken ----------
John Blyth -----------
Ballard’s Company
Ichabod March – Amesbury
Perley’s Company
Joseph Simmons – Boxford
James Boynton – Boxford
Ames’ Company
Philip Abbot – Andover
William Haggitt – Andover
Joseph Chandler – Andover
Jesse Holt – Andover
Davis’ Company
Ebenezer Herrick – Methuen
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Ward’s Regiment
Drury’s Company
Samuel Heards – Grafton
These tablets, in grateful recognition of the patriotic soldiers of the New England Army who fell June 17, 1775, were erected by order of the city council of Boston, June 17, 1889.Thomas N. Hart, Mayor.
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Committee of the City Government.Benjamin F. Stacey, Albert A. Folsom, Homer Rogers, of the aldermen.
Thomas F. Keenan, William H. Oakes, Frank E. Bagley, Israel F. Pierce, William J. Doherty, of the Common Council.
Tablet #2:
New Hampshire Troops
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Reed’s Regiment
Thomas’ Company
Isaac Adams – Rindge
George Carlton – Rindge
Jonathan Lovejoy – Rindge
Mann’s Company
Joseph Blood – Mason
Edenezer Blood Jr. – Mason
Spaulding’s Company
David Carleton – Lyndeborough
Crosby’s Company
John Cole – Amherst
James Hutchinson – Amherst
Hinds’ Company
John Davis – Chesterfield
Marcy’s Company
Joseph Farwell – Charleston
James Patten ----------
John Melvin ----------
Benjamin Chamberlain ----------
Hutchin’s Company
Parker Hills – Candia
Towne’s Company
David Scott – Petersborough
Walker’s Company
Paul Clogston – Nashua
Asa Cram – Wilton
Jonathan Gray – Wilton
Jason Russell – Nashua
Oliver Wood – Nashua
The American troops engaged numbered 1500, and their loss was 140 killed, 271 wounded, 30 prisoners.
The British forces exceeded 2000, of which 35 officers and 191 rank and file were killed; 122 officers and 706 rank and file were wounded.
The American troops were mainly from Massachusetts, bravely assisted by two regiments from New Hampshire, and a small force from Connecticut.
Prescott and Putnam shared the honors of the day.
Tablet #3:
Prescott’s Regiment
Parker’s Company
Joseph Minott – Westford
Jonathan Hadley – Westford
Peter Fisk – Groton
David Kemp – Groton
John Gordon – Stow
Patch’s Company
Jonathan Bate – Winchendon
Jonas Looker – Sudbury
Lawrence’s Company
James Dodge – Groton
Stephen Foster – Groton
Abraham Blood – Groton
Benjamin Wood – Groton
Simon Hobart – Groton
Robert Parker – Groton
Farwell’s Company
Jonathan Jenkins – Groton
Dow’s Company
Sergt. Nathan Blood – Hollis, N.H.
Phineas Nevers – Hollis, N.H.
Thomas Wheat Jr. – Hollis, N.H.
Peter Poor – Hollis, N.H.
Isaac Hobart – Hollis, N.H.
Jacob Boynton – Hollis, N.H.
Moors’ Company
Sergt. Benj. Prescott -- Groton
Ebenezer Youngman – Hollis, N.H.
Thomas Colbourn – Dunstable
Prescott’s Regiment
Gilbert’s Company
Peter Whitcomb – Littleton
Benjamin Dole – Littleton
John Lawrence – Littleton
James Whitmore – Littleton
Isaac Whitcomb – Littleton
Archibald McIntosh – Brookline, N.H.
James Coneck – Brookline, N.H.
Corey’s Company
Chambers Corey – Groton
Daniel McGrath – Amherst
Wyman’s Company
Oliver Stevens – Townsend
John Gibson – Fitchburg
Caesar Bason – Westford
Amos Wheeler – Ashby
Nutting’s Company
Nathaniel Parker – Pepperell
William Warrin – Pepperell
Edmund Peers – Pepperell
Wainwright Fisk – Pepperell
Ebenezer Laughton – Pepperell
Jeremiah Shattuck – Pepperell
Maxwell’s Company
Jesse Corless – Deerfield
Ebenezer Faills – Charlemont
Aaron Barr – Meryfield
“Blandishments will not fascinate us, nor will threats of a halter intimidate; for under God, we are determined that wheresoever, whensoever, or howsoever we shall be called on to make our exit, we will die free men.”Quincy
“The blood of our fathers, let it not have been shed in vain”Webster
Tablet #4:
Bridge’s Regiment
Stickney’s Company
Benjamin Eastey – Billerica
Asa Pollard – Billerica
Coburn’s Company
Coburn’s Company
John Thessill – Dracut
Bancroft’s Company
Joseph Kemp – Dunstable
Rowe’s Company
Francis Pool – Gloucester
Josiah Brooks – Gloucester
William Parsons – Gloucester
Doolittle’s Regiment
Fletcher’s Company
Joshua Whitcomb – Templeton
Holman’s Company
Jeduthan Alexander – Marlborough
Wheller’s Company
Benjamin Reed – Rutland
Gerrish’s Regiment
Rogers’ Company
Thomas Doyl ----------
Whitcomb’s Regiment
Haskell’s Company
Sergt. Robert Phelps – Lancaster
David Robbins – Lancaster
Glover’s Regiment
Smith’s Company
Thomas Allen – Marblehead
Brewer’s Regiment
Black’s Company
Josiah Bacon – Hutchinson
John Barrett – Hutchinson
Ebenezer Childs Jr. – Hutchinson
Lucas Green – Winchendon
Haynew’ Company
Comeing Fairbank – Framingham
Joshua Haynes – Sudbury
Russell’s Company
Lebbeus Jennings – Deerfield
Gray’s Company
Jonas Barnard – Watertown
Bardwell’s Company
Timothy Evins – Ware
Stephen Ayres – Belchertown
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Little’s Regiment
Warner’s Company
Daniel Callahan – Gloucester
Benjamin Smith – Gloucester
Dodge’s Company
Jesse Story – Ipswich
Perkins’ Company
Moses Pigeon – Newburyport
Samuel Nelson – Newburyport
“Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mori.”
Besides the above-named soldiers, were slain the following officers:
Major-Gen. Joseph Warren
Col. Thomas Gardner, Lt.-Col. Moses Parker, Maj. Willard Moore, Maj. Andrew McClary, Capt. William Meacham, Capt. Isaac Baldwin, Capt. Benjamin Walker, Lieut. Amaziah Fassett, Lieut. Joseph Spaulding, Lieut. Benjamin West
Marker is at the intersection of Adams Street and Winthrop Street, on the left when traveling west on Adams Street.
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