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American Soldiers Killed June 17, 1775

 
 
American Soldiers Killed Tablet #1 image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, April 15, 2009
1. American Soldiers Killed Tablet #1
Inscription.
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,
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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 – Charlestown
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

New Hampshire Troops
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Stark’s Regiment
Scott’s Company
Paul Caldwell - Londonderry
William French – Nelson
Jonas Howe – Marlborough
Joseph Taylor – Peterborough
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Photographed By Bill Coughlin, April 15, 2009
2. American Soldiers Killed Tablet #2

Woodbury’s Company
Thomas Collins – Windham
Moses Poor ----------
Richard’s Company
Caleb Dalton ----------
Abbot’s Company
William Mitchell – Concord
Kinsman’s Company
John Manuel – Bow
Stiles’ Company
Sergt. Asahel Nims – Keene
Hutchin’s Company
George Shannon – Canterbury
Dearborn’s Company
William McCrillis – Nottingham
Moore’s Company
Joseph Broderick ----------


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
American Soldiers Killed Tablet #3 image. Click for full size.
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3. American Soldiers Killed Tablet #3
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
American Soldiers Killed Tablet #4 image. Click for full size.
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4. American Soldiers Killed Tablet #4
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
American Soldiers Killed June 17, 1775 Marker image. Click for full size.
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5. American Soldiers Killed June 17, 1775 Marker
The tablets are located on both sides of the entrance to the Charlestown Commons.
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

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable EventsWar, US Revolutionary. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1836.
 
Location. 42° 22.48′ N, 71° 3.609′ W. Marker is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Charlestown. Marker is at the intersection of Adams Street and Winthrop Street, on the left when traveling west on Adams Street. Marker is located on the Training Field in Charlestown, Mass., a block away from the Bunker Hill Monument. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Adams St, Charlestown MA 02129, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Three Centuries of Use & Transformation (within shouting distance of this marker); The Training Field's Struggle for Survival (within shouting distance
Bunker Hill Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, April 15, 2009
6. Bunker Hill Monument
This 221 foot granite monument, located a block away from the marker, commemorates the June 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill. It was during this battle that the soldiers named on the marker died.
of this marker); Massachusetts Gate (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Freedom Trail (about 500 feet away); Connecticut Gate (about 500 feet away); South-East Corner of the Redoubt (about 600 feet away); Bunker Hill Monument (about 600 feet away); The Decisive Day has come on which the fate of America depends... (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.
 
Regarding American Soldiers Killed June 17, 1775. You did not list the names on the right hand side of tablet no 2.

I find this:
"5. American Soldiers Killed June 17, 1775 Marker
The tablets are located on both sides of the entrance to the Charleston Commons."
Should that be Charlestown? I have been looking for Charleston name in Massachusetts hmdb.org entries and changed most of them to Charlestown. A fee were not changed, because they referred to Charleston, SC.
 
Also see . . .  The Battle of Bunker Hill 1775. A British perspective of the battle from BritishBattles.com. (Submitted on May 20, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)
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Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 20, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 6,444 times since then and 228 times this year. Last updated on February 10, 2022, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 20, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.

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