1. Unlikely Victory by Thomas Fleming
For example, McCullough highlights the lives of specific Continental soldiers, like the brave Israel Putnam, a "hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill, who at fifty-seven was known affectionately as 'Old Put'" (34) and small soldiers like Private Joseph Martin, who at 15 was rather excited for the war, enjoying the "muttering of cannon fire thinking the sound was musical, or at least grand" (138). ... The biggest player of all on the British side, (at least in starting things up) was King George III, who at the beginning had just been defeated at the Battle of Bunker ...
After the opening Battles of Lexington and Concord in April, 1775, the colonials had engaged the British in what was commonly known as the Battle of Bunker Hill. ... As McCullough writes, "At Bunker Hill, assuring his troops he would not ask them 'to go a step further than where I go myself,' he had marched in the front line...After one blinding volley during the third assault, he had been the only man in the front line still standing....
Only a few months later, on June 17th, first major battle of the war: Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in Boston. ... The colonist perched up on the hill while 3 waves of British red coats stormed the hill. ... One victory that came out of Bunker Hill was, the colonist forces inflicted mass casualties on British Regime and caused them to retreat (Archives). ...
After the battle of Bunker Hill on June 17th, 1775, the British had been forced to evacuate Boston and earlier in the month Lord Dunmore had taken the decisive step of quitting Williamsburg and seeking asylum aboard the vessel Fowey. ... His strength will increase like a snowball running down hill. ...