Table of Contents In this book you will read about the Battle of Bunker Hill from three perspectives Each perspective is based on real things that happened to real people who were either at Bunker Hill or lived in Boston during the Revolutionary War As you’ll see the same event can look different depending on one’s point of view Chapter 1 4 Samuel Chase Minuteman Chapter 2 1 4 Simon Lawrence British Soldier Chapter 3 2 2 Molly Whittaker Innkeeper Look Look Again 30 Glossary 3 1 Learn More 3 1 Index 32 About the Author 32
4 1 As we marched toward Boston on that warm morning of June 17 1775 I could hear the thundering of cannons and the whistling of the cannonballs flying through the air Yet our commander Colonel John Stark marched us four miles at a steady pace I wanted to run toward Bunker Hill and begin firing at the redcoats I was a minuteman and ready to lead the Samuel Chase Minuteman
5 What Was a Minuteman The term minuteman was a carryover from the French and Indian War It referred to the fact that the citizens who joined the colonial militia had pledged to be armed and prepared to fight in battle with just a minute’s notice Minutemen were the most elite of the militia charge But Colonel Stark told us one fresh man in action is worth ten fatigued men and refused to increase our pace Most of us 1,200 in all had never before left the peaceful fields and woods of New Hampshire But as soon as we heard the news of the first battle with the British at Lexington Massachusetts we rushed to the seacoast of New Hampshire We formed a regiment
