The Battle of Bunker's Hill.

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• ARTIST: John Trumbull

• PUBLISHER: Published by John Trumbull, Jany. 1st. 1808, No. 108 Broad-Way, New-York.

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: 1808

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 3/4 x 19 1/8 (30 x 46.7cm) plus title and margins.

• DESCRIPTION: John Trumbull was among the crowd that witnessed this battle from across Boston Harbor. <BR><BR> This famous event, the first major battle of the Revolutionary War, took place across the Charles River on Breed’s Hill.<BR><BR> Following the outbreak of hostilities at Lexington and Concord in April 1775, the British found themselves surrounded by colonial forces in Boston proper. On the night of June 16th, Colonel William Prescott, unbeknownst to the British, moved a force of 1,000 men to Breed's Hill overnight and began constructing fortifications. Despite their initial intent to fortify Bunker Hill, they ended up fortifying the slightly closer Breed's Hill due to miscommunication. The next morning, the British Commander, General Thomas Gage, quickly moved to repel the colonials. A force of 2,400 soldiers attacked the colonial troops. The colonials had limited ammunition, which led Prescott to order, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" In the end, the British emerged victorious, but at a considerable cost in terms of casualties. While the British technically won the battle by capturing the colonial positions, the Battle of Bunker Hill was a moral victory for the colonists.<BR><BR> This dramatic image captures the last of three British assaults on the colonial defenses. Leading participants in the fray, both American and British, are identifiable, among them William Howe, Henry Clinton, Israel Putnam, and William Prescott. The mortally wounded American General Joseph Warren is shown lying on the ground about to be bayonetted by the British Major John Small, parrying the thrust. General Israel Putnam is on the far left. British General Howe is shown in the background, sword raised and hatless. To the right stands American Lieutenant Thomas Grosvenor and a black soldier who has been identified as possibly Salem Poor or Peter Salem.<BR><BR> Abigail Adams commented on the painting, “My whole frame contracted, my blood shivered, and I felt a faintness at my heart.”

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Historical , Revolutionary War