In which war was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Battle of Bunker Hill Battle of Bunker Hill The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. It was the original objective of both the colonial and British troops, though the majority of combat took place on the adjacent hill which later became known as Breed's Hill. On June 13, 1775, the leaders of the colonial forces besieging Boston learned that the British were planning to send troops out from the
Battle of Bunker Hill Seth Read, who served under John Paterson at Bunker Hill, went on to settle Geneva, New York and Erie, Pennsylvania, and was said to have been instrumental in the phrase "E pluribus unum" being added to U.S. coins. George Claghorn of the Massachusetts militia was shot in the knee at Bunker Hill and went on after the war to become the master builder of the USS "Constitution", ""Old Ironsides"", which is the oldest naval vessel in the world that is still commissioned and afloat. John Trumbull's painting, "The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill" (displayed in