INSTINCT

American Soldiers Killed June

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<center>Tablet #1: Connecticut Troops ---------- Roger Fox, William Cheeney, Asahel Lyon, Matthew Cummings, Samuel Ashbo, Gershom Smith, Benjamin Ross, Daniel Memory, Wilson Rowlandson <<<<o>>>> Soldiers Unassigned ---------- 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 ---------- Ward’s Regiment Drury’s Company Samuel Heards – Grafton </center>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.<center>Thomas N. Hart, Mayor. --------------- Committee of the City Government.</center>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. <center>Tablet #2: New Hampshire Troops ---------- 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</center> 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. <center>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</center> “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.”<center>Quincy</center> “The blood of our fathers, let it not have been shed in vain”<center>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 ---------- 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</center>

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