American Soldiers Killed June 17, 1775

On June 17, 1775, soldiers of the New England Army from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut were killed in battle, including men from numerous regiments and companies and officers such as Major-General Joseph Warren, Colonel Thomas Gardner, Lieutenant-Colonel Moses Parker, Major Willard Moore, Major Andrew McClary, Captain William Meacham, Captain Isaac Baldwin, Captain Benjamin Walker, Lieutenant Amaziah Fassett, Lieutenant Joseph Spaulding, and Lieutenant Benjamin West. The American troops engaged numbered 1500, and their loss was 140 killed, 271 wounded, and 30 prisoners, while the British forces exceeded 2000, with 35 officers and 191 rank and file killed and 122 officers and 706 rank and file wounded. The American force was mainly from Massachusetts, bravely assisted by two regiments from New Hampshire and a small force from Connecticut, and Prescott and Putnam shared the honors of the day.

Cambridge, Massachusetts · United States