Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 6 (of 8): The United States of North America, Part I
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Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 6 (of 8): The United States of North America, Part I
America -- Discovery and exploration; America -- History; United States -- History
_H._ Breastwork formed of pickets, hay, stones, etc., with the pieces
of cannon.
_I I._ Light infantry advancing along the shore to force the right of
the breastwork _H_.
_L L._ The "Lively" and "Falcon" hauled close to shore, to rake the low
grounds before the troops advanced.
_M M._ Gondolas that fired on the rebels in their retreat.
_N._ Battery of cannon, howitzers, and mortars on Copp's Hill, that
battered the redoubt and set fire to Charlestown.
_O O O._ The rebels behind all the stone walls, trees, and brush-wood,
and their numbers uncertain, having constantly large columns to
reinforce them during the action.
_P._ Place from whence the grenadiers received a very heavy fire.
_Q._ Place of the fifty-second regiment on the night of the 17th.
_R._ Forty-seventh regiment, in Charlestown, on the night of the 17th.
_S._ Detachments in the mill and two storehouses.
_T._ Breastwork thrown up by the remainder of the troops on the night
of the 17th.
_Note._ The distance from Boston to Charlestown is about 550 yards."]
Its author is said to be Hugh Henry Brackenridge, and the frontispiece,
"The Death of Warren", by Norman, is held to be the earliest engraving
in British America by a native artist (Hunnewell, p. 13; Brinley, no.
1,787; Sabin, ii. 7,184; xiv. 58,640). In 1779 there was printed at
Danvers, _America Invincible, an heroic poem, in two books: a Battle at
Bunker Hill, by an officer of rank in the Continental army_ (Hunnewell,
p. 13). In 1781 an anonymous poem was published in London, known later
to be the production of George Cockings, and called _The American War,
in which the names of the officers who have distinguished themselves
during the war are introduced_ (Brinley, no. 1,788; Hunnewell, p. 14).
Of later use of the battle in fiction, it is only necessary to name
Cooper's novel of _Lionel Lincoln_ and O. W. Holmes's _Grandmother's
Story of Bunker Hill Battle_ (_Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc._, 1875, p. 33).
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