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Farmers Became Soldiers at Bunker Hill
United Press International recounts the June 17 1775 clash near Boston where 1054 British soldiers fell or were wounded while American colonials endured 361 dead and wounded. Gen Howe and Gen Gage labeled the battle a costly victory with strategic psychological gains for the rebels. Col. William Prescott and Brig. Gen. Israel Putnam led a diverse American force that fortified Bunker Hill after a midnight assault, as both sides sought to break the Boston stalemate.
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Sam Fogg
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Bunker Hill
William Howe
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Rhode Island
Nathaniel Greene
Thomas Gage
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Charles Rivers
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William Prescott
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Israel Putnam
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Asa Pallard
Billerica Farm
Joseph Warren
Seth Pomeroy
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Royal Marines
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Ralph Farnum
Henry Clinton
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