Battle of Bunker Hill

Bunker Hill, Battle Of - in the American Revolution, June 17, 1775. Detachments of colonial militia under Artemas Ward, Nathanael Greene, John Stark, and Israel Putnam laid siege to Boston shortly after the battles of Lexington and Concord. However, Thomas Gage, British commander in the city, made no attempt to break the siege until he was reinforced (in May) by troops led by William Howe Read More...

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1.

The Life of Artemas Ward: The First Commander-in-Chief of the American Revolution
by Charles Martyn. 334 pgs.

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Publisher's Preface

Introduction

Chapter I: The Birth of Artemas Ward. His Boyhood

Chapter II: 1744-1763: Age 16-35

Chapter III: February, 1763-May, 1774: Age 35-46

Chapter IV: May 10, 1774-April 19, 1775: Age 46-47

Chapter V: April 20-June 15, 1775: Age 47

Chapter VI: June 16-17, 1775: Age 47

Chapter VII: Criticisms of the Battle of Bunker Hill

Chapter VIII: June 18-July 3, 1775: Age 47

Chapter IX: Criticisms of Ward as Commander-In-Chief

Chapter X: July 4, 1775-January 15, 1776: Age 47-48

Chapter XI: January 16, 1776-March 27, 1776: Age 48

Chapter XII: March 18, 1776 -- March 20, 1777: Age 48-49

Chapter XIII: 1777-1783: Age 49-55

Chapter XIV: 1784-1787: Age 56-59

Chapter XV: 1787-1800: Age 59-72

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2.

The Boston Campaign: April 1775-March 1776
by Victor Brooks. 238 pgs.

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Drawing on memoirs, letters and detailed official documents, the author examines the struggle for Lexington and Concord and assesses the storming of Bunker Hill in the light of new evidence on this decisive confrontation.

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Chapter I: The Gathering Storm

Chapter II: Confrontation on Lexington Green

Chapter III: Advance and Retreat from Concord

Chapter IV: The Ring of Fire

Chapter V: The Redcoats under Siege

Chapter VI: Prelude to Bunker Hill

Chapter VII: The British Assault on Charlestown Peninsula

Chapter VIII: Dear Bought Victory

Chapter IX: Aftermath of Bunker Hill

Chapter X: A Season of Stalemate

Chapter XI: Climax at Dorchester Heights

Order of Battle

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3.

The Struggle for American Independence (Chap. XXVIII "Bunker Hill", and Chap. XXIX "Incidents and Results of Bunker Hill")
by Sydney George Fisher. 573 pgs.

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PREFACE

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List of Illustrations

I. Early Conditions and Cause

II: EFFECT OF THE REFORMATION AND THE RIGHTS OF MAN

III: THE GREAT PROTECTIVE SYSTEM OF THE TRADE AND NAVIGATION LAWS

IV: THE WRITS OF ASSISTANCE

V: MORE STRINGENT NAVIGATION LAWS, ADMIRALTY COURTS AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS

VI: THE STAMP ACT

VII: ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE STAMP ACT

VIII: THE STAMP ACT CANNOT BE ENFORCED AND IS REPEALED

IX: THE PAINT, PAPER AND GLASS ACT

X: TROOPS SENT TO BOSTON, BUT THE PAINT, PAPER AND GLASS ACT IS REPEALED

XI: THE FIRST BLOODSHED OF THE REVOLUTION IN NEW YORK AND BOSTON

XII: CONTINUED MILDNESS OF BRITISH MEASURES

XIII: THE WHATELY LETTERS INCREASE THE ILL FEELING

XIV: THE TEA EPISODE

XV: THE PUNISHMENT OF BOSTON

XVI: THE CULMINATION OF THE PATRIOT ARGUMENT

XVII: THE PASSION FOR INDEPENDENCE RESTRAINED OR CONCEALED

XVIII: THE BOSTON PORT BILL IS ENFORCED

XIX: THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IS ELECTED

XX: THE CONGRESS GIVES ENGLAND AN ULTIMATUM

XXI: THE RISE AND NUMBERS OF THE LOYALISTS

XXII: THE METHODS OF SUPPRESSING THE LOYALISTS

XXIII: ENGLAND REJECTS THE ULTIMATUM OF THE CONGRESS?

XXIV: PREPARING FOR THE BREAK

XXV: THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON

XXVI: THE PATRIOTS BESIEGE BOSTON AND TAKE TICONDEROGA

XXVII: THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

XXVIII: BUNKER HILL

XXIX: INCIDENTS AND RESULTS OF BUNKER HILL

XXX: WASHINGTON IS APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

XXXI: CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF THE PATRIOT ARMY

XXXII: BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY EXTINGUISHED IN 1775

XXXIII: DESTRUCTION OF PORTLAND AND NORFOLK

XXXIV: THE AMERICAN NAVY AND PRIVATEERING

XXXV: THE ATTACK UPON CANADA

XXXVI: ARNOLD'S MARCH TO QUEBEC

XXXVII: THE RETREAT FROM CANADA

XXXVIII: THE EVACUATION OF BOSTON

XXXIX: INDEPENDENCE OPENLY DISCUSSED

XL: A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO SUBJUGATE THE SOUTHERN COLONIES

XLI: THE ADOPTION OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

XLII: MILITARY CONDITIONS AND GENERAL STRATEGY

XLIII: THE GREAT ARMADA AND ITS PROPOSALS OF PEACE

XLIV: THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND

XLV: MORE PROPOSALS OF PEACE

XLVI: THE MOTIVES OF THE HOWES

XLVII: THE TAKING OF NEW YORK AND THE BATTLE OF HARLEM HEIGHTS

XLVIII: WHITE PLAINS AND FORT WASHINGTON

Xlix. The Retreat Across New Jersey and The Capture of Lee

L: ARNOLD DEFEATED ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN

LI: TRENTON

LII: PRINCETON
4.

Washington, Commander in Chief (Chap. VIII "The Battle of Bunker Hill")
by Thomas G. Frothingham. 405 pgs.

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Foreword to the Reader

Contents

Illustrations and Maps

Chapter I: Self-Tuition in Boyhood

Chapter II: Graduation to Manhood

Chapter III: First Military Adventures

Chapter IV: The Lessons of the French and Indian Wars

Chapter V: The Cleavage Between the American Colonies and Great Britain

Chapter VI: The Outbreak of the Revolution

Chapter VII: The Uprising Washington Made Commander in Chief

Chapter VIII: The Battle of Bunker Hill

Chapter IX: The Situation at Boston

Chapter X: The Siege of Boston

Chapter XI: The Course of Events in the Winter Of 1775-1776

Chapter XII: Expulsion of the British from Boston

Chapter XIII: The Military Situation Developed

Chapter XIV: After the Evacuation of Boston

Chapter XV: The Shift of the Scene to New York

Chapter XVI: The Battle of Long Island and The Withdrawal of the Americans

Chapter XVII: The British Occupation of New York

Chapter XVIII: The Abandonment of All Manhattan Island

Chapter XIX: Retreat and Counterattack in New Jersey

Chapter XX: The Situation Saved

Chapter XXI: 1777 -- Franklin and Burgoyne

Chapter XXII: The Military Situation in America in The First Half of 1777

Chapter XXIII: Washington Watching Howe

Chapter XXIV: The Interval Before the Attack On Philadelphia

Chapter XXV: The Capture of Philadelphia by the British

Chapter XXVI: The Fall of 1777

Chapter XXVII: Valley Forge

Chapter XXVIII: The Situation at the Beginning of 1778

Chapter XXIX: The British Retreat to New York

Chapter XXX: The Arrival of French Troops and Newport

Chapter XXXI: The New Situation at the End of 1778

Chapter XXXII: The First Months of 1779

Chapter XXXIII: The Last Part of 1779

Chapter XXXIV: The Shifting Conditions for 1780

Chapter XXXV: Defeat in the South and the French Reinforcement in the North

Chapter XXXVI: Arnold's Treason The Turn of the Tide in the South

Chapter XXXVII: The Beginning of 1781

Chapter XXXVIII: The Development of the Situation of 1781

Chapter Xxxix: Washington's Move to the South

Chapter XL: The Siege of Yorktown

Chapter XLI: The Results of Torktown

Chapter XLII: The Achievement of Independence

Chapter XLIII: The Final Scenes

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5.

The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster: With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style (1879) ("The Bunker Hill Monument" begins on p. 123)
by Edwin P. Whipple, Daniel Webster. 706 pgs.

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Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style.

The Dartmouth College Case.: Argument Before the Supreme Court of the United States, at Washington, on the 10th of March, 1818.

Notes.

Defence of Judge James Prescott.: The Closing Appeal to the Senate of Massachusetts, in Mr. Web- Ster's "Argument on the Impeachment of James Prescott," April 24th, 1821.

The Revolution in Greece.: A Speech Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the 19th of January, 1824.

The Case of Gibbons and Ogden.: Argument Made in the Case of Gibbons and Ogden, in the Supreme Court of the United States, February Term, 1824.

The Bunker Hill Monument: An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument at Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the 17th of June, 1825.

The Completion of the Bunker Hill Monument.: An Address Delivered on Bunker Hill, on the 17th of June, 1843, on Occasion of the Completion of the Monument.

Our Relations to the South American Republics.: Extracts from the Speech on "The Panama Mission," Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the 14th of April, 1826.

Adams and Jefferson.: A Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston, on the 2d of August, 1826.

The Case of Ogden and Saunders.: An Argument Made in the Case of Ogden and Saunders, in the Supreme Court of the United States, January Term, 1827.

The Murder of Captain Joseph White.: An Argument on the Trial of John Francis Knapp, for the Mur Der of Joseph White, of Salem, in Essex County, Massachusetts, on the Night of the 6th of April, 1830.

The Reply to Hayne.: Second Speech on "Foot's Resolution," Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 26th and 27th of January, 1830.

The Constitution Not a Compact Between Sovereign States.: A Speech Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 16th of February, 1833, in Reply to Mr Calhoun's Speech on the Bill "Further to Provide for the Collection of Duties on Im Ports."

Public Dinner at New York.: A Speech Delivered at a Public Dinner Given by a Large Number of Citizens of New York, in Honor of Mr. Webster, on March 10th, 1831.

The Presidential Veto of the United States Bank Bill.: A Speech Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 11th of July, 1832, on the President's Veto of the Bank Bill.

The Character of Washington.: Speech Delivered at a Public Dinner in the City of Washington, on the 22d of February, 1832, the Centennial Anniversary of Washington's Birthday.

Executive Patronage and Removals from Office.: From a Speech Delivered at the National Republican Convention Held at Worcester (mass.), on the 12th of October, 1832.

Executive Usurpation.: From the Same Speech at Worcester.

The Natural Hatred of the Poor to the Rich.: From a Speech in the Senate of the United States, January 31st 1834, on "The Removal of the Deposits."

The Presidential Protest.: A Speech Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 7th of May, 1834, on the Subject of the President's Protest Against the Resolution of the Senate of the 28th of March.

The Appointing and Removing Power.: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 16th of Feb Ruary, 1835, on the Passage of the Bill, Entitled "An Act to Repeal the First and Second Sections of the Act to Limit the Term of Service of Certain Officers Therein Named."

On the Loss of the Fortification Bill in 1835.: A Speech Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 14th of January, 1836, on Mr. Benton's Resolutions for Appropri Ating the Surplus Revenue to National Defence.

Reception at New York.: A Speech Delivered at Niblo's Saloon, in New York, on the 15th of March, 1837.

Slavery in the District of Columbia.: Remarks Made in the Senate of the United States, on the 10th of January, 1838, Upon a Resolution Moved by Mr. Clay as a Substitute for the Resolution Offered by Mr. Calhoun on the Subject of Slavery in the District of Columbia.

The Credit System and the Labor of the United States.: From the Second Speech on the Sub-Treasury, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 12th of March, 1838

Remarks on the Political Course of Mr. Calhoun, in 1838.: From the Same Speech.

Reply to Mr. Calhoun.: A Speech Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 22d of March, 1838, in Answer to Mr. Calhoun.

A Uniform System of Bankruptcy.: From a Speech Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 18th of May, 1840, on the Proposed Amendment to the Bill Establishing a Uniform System of Bankruptcy.

"The Log Cabin Candidate.": From a Speech Delivered at the Great Mass Meeting at Saratoga, New York, on the 12th of August, 1840.

Address to the Ladies of Richmond. .: Remarks at a Public Reception by the Ladies of Richmond, Vir Ginia, on the 5th of October, 1840

Reception at Boston .: A Speech Made in Faneuil Hall, on the 30th of September, 1842, at a Public Reception Given to Mr. Webster, on His Return to Boston, After the Negotiation of the Treaty of Washington

The Landing at Plymouth.: A Speech Delivered on the 22d of December, 1843, at the Public Dinner of the New England Society of New York, in Commemo Ration of the Landing of the Pilgrims.

The Christian Ministry and the Religious Instruction of the Young.: A Speech Delivered in the Supreme Court at Washington, on the 20th of February, 1844, in the Girard Will Case.

Mr. Justice Story.

The Rhode Island Government. .: An Argument Made in the Supreme Court of the United States, on the 27th of January, 1848, in the Dorr Rebellion Cases

Objects of the Mexican War.: A Speech Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 23d of March, 1848, on the Bill from the House of Representa Tives for Raising a Loan of Sixteen Millions of Dollars.

Jeremiah Mason.

Kossuth.: From a Speech Delivered in Boston, on the 7th of November, 1849, at a Festival of the Natives of New Hampshire Established in Massachusetts.

The Constitution and the Union.: A Speech Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 7th of March, 1850.

Reception at Buffalo.: A Speech Delivered Before a Large Assembly of the Citizens of Buffalo and the County of Erie, at a Public Reception on the 22d of May, 1851.

The Addition to the Capitol.: An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the Addition to the Capitol, on the 4th of July, 1851.

Appendix.

Index.
6.

Studies Military and Diplomatic, 1775-1865 (1911) (Chap. I "The Battle of Bunker Hill")
by Charles Francis Adams. 424 pgs.

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I The Battle of Bunker Hill

Ii The Battle of Long Island

Iii Washington and Cavalry

Iv The Revolutionary Campaign of 1777

Vi The Ethics of Secession

Vii Some Phases of the Civil War

X Queen Victoria and the Civil War

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The True History of the American Revolution (1902) (Chap. XV "Bunker Hill")
by Sydney George Fisher. 442 pgs.

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I: Early Conditions and Causes

II: Smuggling, Rioting, and Revolt Against Control

III: Parliament Passes a Stamp Tax and Repeals It

V: The Tea Episode

VI: The Final Argument

VII: The Rights of Man

VIII: A Reign of Terror for the Loyalists

IX: The Real Intention as to Independence

X: The Continental Congress

XI: The Situation in England

XII: Truimphant Toryism

XIII: Lexington and the Number of the Loyalists

XIV: The Second Continental Congress and The Protests of the Loyalists

XV: Bunker Hill

XVI: The Character and Condition of the Patriot Army

XVII: The Attack Upon Canada

XVIII: The Evacuation of Boston and the Declaration of Independence

XIX: The Battle of Long Island

XX: The Battles of Trenton and Princeton

XXI: The Battle of Brandywine

XXII: The Battle of Saratoga and Its Results

XXIII: Clinton Begins the Wearing-Out Process

XXIV: Arnold, the Loyalist, Tries to Save the British Empire

XXV: Cornwallis Brings the War to an End at Yorktown

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8.

How America Fought Its Wars: Military Strategy from the American Revolution to the Civil War (Chap. 3 "The Bunker Hill Dilemma")
by Victor Brooks, Robert Hohwald. 488 pgs.

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The new American nation fought for its survival against a variety of enemies, both foreign and domestic; during a series of wars from 1775 to 1865. The authors examine in considerable detail the various battles and campaigns of the early wars fought by the young republic, in search of common factors that may have led to the nation's survival and triumph. The vast distances, sparse population, and supply problems endemic to all the campaigns in North America are carefully examined. In all its early wars, the United States relied upon a small force of professional soldiers backed up by larger numbers of short-term volunteers: the positive and negative effects of this policy in each war are considered. For each war, the commanders for each side are rated as to performance, and an analysis made of how their individual strengths and weaknesses may have influenced the outcome of the conflict.
At the end of each part of the book, the authors rate the generals' performances (find out why they think Longstreet earned a "B" while Johnston flunked).
A specially commissioned series of maps make clear the various strategic and tactical issues at stake from the American Revolution to the end of the Civil War.

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Chapter 1: The Shot Heard 'Round the World

Chapter 2: The Response to Military Confrontation

Chapter 3: The Bunker Hill Dilemma

Chapter 4: Boston Redeemed and New York Damned

Chapter 5: Rekindling the Flame of Liberty

Chapter 6: Alternative Strategies and Outcomes

Chapter 7: The War for the North Country

Chapter 8: The Philadelphia Campaign

Chapter 9: Climax in the North

Chapter 10: Alternative Strategies and Outcomes

Chapter 11: Southern Stars Fall from the American Constellation

Chapter 12: The Year of Patriot Crisis and Triumph

Chapter 13: Why Did the World Turn Upside Down?

Chapter 14: The Shore Dimly Seen

Chapter 15: The Battles' Confusion

Chapter 16: The Perilous Fight

Chapter 17: Alternative Strategies and Outcomes

Chapter 18: Sam Houston's War

Chapter 19: Zachary Taylor's War

Chapter 20: Winfield Scott's War

Chapter 21: Alternative Strategies and Outcomes

Chapter 22: The War of Amateurs

Chapter 23: The Response to a Clash of Arms

Chapter 24: The Stride of a Giant

Chapter 25: Oh, but That He Was Ours!

Chapter 26: A Long and Strong Flood

Chapter 27: Alternative Strategies and Outcomes

Chapter 28: The Winter (And Spring) of Union Discontent

Chapter 29: The Summer of the Titans

Chapter 30: The Duel for Chattanooga

Chapter 31: The Confrontation between Grant and Lee

Chapter 32: The Final Turn of the Tide

Chapter 33: Alternative Strategies and Outcomes

Chapter 34: The Death of Confederate Independence

Chapter 35: Why Was the "Union Forever"?

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