Battle Of Bunker Hill Essay

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 got its name after the battle on Breed’s Hill. It was fought on Breed’s Hill because the army thought that they were on Bunker Hill. The general for the Continental army was William Prescott, and the general for the British army was William Howe. In the Battle of Bunker Hill, General Howe’s army charged into Bunker Hill three times. The first two charges were unsuccessful. But, on the third charge the British caught a break. The Continental army had run short on ammunition at the end of the second charge. In fact, they were told not to shoot until you see the whites of their eyes. After they ran out of ammunition they had to use the bayonets on the end of their rifles to defend themselves. But, the British had too many people and the Continental army had to retreat. But, you could say that the Continental Army won in a different way. You see, the British army suffered major casualties. Around 226 British were killed and 800 wounded, while the

This gave the Continental army courage to know that they could stand up to the British army for two charges, and only lost because they ran out of ammunition. One interesting fact is that the British suffered the most casualties of any single fight of the American Revolutionary War. Another one is that the Continental army had spent the night building up the defenses. Much of the wall they build, called a redoubt, was nearly 6 feet tall. One last fun fact is that British general, William Howe, was astonished at the Continental army’s defense, saying, “The rebels have done more work in one night than my whole army would have done in one month." In other words he thought that the Continental army tried harder than his