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Fact: During the night, the colonists constructed a strong redoubt on Breed's Hill, as well as smaller fortified lines across the Charlestown Peninsula allowing the colonists to gain additional defensive ground in order to gain an advantage against the opposing side.

MLA Citation: Charles Francis Adams. “The Battle of Bunker Hill.” The American Historical Review, vol. 1, no. 3, Oxford University Press, 1896, pp. 401–13, doi:10.1086/ahr/1.3.401.

Quote: The affair of the 17th of June, 1775, on the peninsula of Charlestown, opposite Boston, affords, indeed, one of the most singular examples on record of what might be called the "balancing of blunders" between opposing sides, and of the accidental inuring of all those blunders to the advantage of one side.

DOI: 10.1086/ahr/1.3.401

Annotated Bibliography: Akers, Becky. "'Three fires, and you are free!' Three shots from his inexperienced militia--		followed by their hasty retreat--was exactly what Daniel Morgan needed to win the day at the fateful Battle of Cowpens." The New American, vol. 25, no. 3, 2 Feb. 2009, pp. 34-40. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A193452515/ITOF 				u=tel_a_pstcc&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=84d619be. Accessed 3 Oct. 2021. This book goes into detail about the “inexperienced militia” that won over the British 			army in a hard fought battle. This inexperienced militia consisted of men of multiple 			ethnicity who were fighting for their homes and families, which is what ultimately 			brought them victory. Those who were asked to volunteer were also between the ages of 			16 to 64 showing that even those who were considered elderly, and children fought 			bravely for their homes without much recognition

Schuetze, Sarah. “Carrying Home the Enemy.” Early American Literature, vol. 53, no. 1, University of North Carolina Press, 2018, pp. 97–125, doi:10.1353/eal.2018.0004. This article brings information of the effects the war had on families, and that even those not on the front lines were in danger. During many of these battles, after the men came back, the women would come in contact with them and one thing that was brought back were diseases like smallpox. Women during this time would not be protected from such disease. Even when women kept themselves out of the mens battles, they still had to fight their own battle at home due to others choices.

Paragraph for fact 1: The 1,700 troops Gates ceded to Greene included the remnants of the force that fled Camden. Its poverty was sobering, especially as it must defend the South from Cornwallis' 4,000. "We are living upon charity," Greene wrote after fruitlessly begging supplies from politicians in Maryland and Virginia, "and subsist by daily collections. Indian meal and beef is our common diet, and not a drop of spirits have we had with us since I came to the army. An army naked and subsisted in this manner, and not more than one-third equal to the enemy in numbers [after Greene divided his forces], will make but a poor fight."

Summary: The forces on Bunker Hill were very inexperienced and included people from teenagers to elderly people and were believed to be a mistake and bring no victory and only sacrifice, when in fact they earned a major victory for the colonists.

Paragraph for fact 2: As letters sent home from the camps or state houses during the Revolution show, in addition to its broad-scale impact, smallpox was also an issue in intimate relationships between spouses separated by war service. The letter from congressman and doctor Josiah Bartlett to his wife, Mary, excerpted at the opening of this article demonstrates a common fear of catching and also of spreading the disease to loved ones. Like many husbands and wives separated by the Revolution, the Bartletts had to negotiate the distance or gap in their marriage that could be filled with disease, which they characterized in their letters as a hostile interloper or invader capable of further reshaping their family's daily life, already much disrupted by the Revolution.

Summary: Not only were the men at war the ones to face casualties, but so were the housewives, and for those husbands who were lucky enough to come back ended up bringing smallpox, and the women and children who weren't even involved also had to fight their own battles at home because of what was brought back.

Wiki paragraph for fact 1: The battle was a tactical, though somewhat Pyrrhic, victory for the British,[11][12] as it proved to be a sobering experience for them; the British incurred many more casualties than the Americans had sustained, including many officers. The battle had demonstrated that inexperienced militia were able to stand up to regular army troops in battle. Subsequently, the battle discouraged the British from any further frontal attacks against well defended front lines. American casualties were comparatively much fewer, although their losses included General Joseph Warren and Major Andrew McClary, the final casualty of the battle.[13]

Summary and citation: The battle was a tactical, though somewhat Pyrrhic, victory for the British,[11][12] as it proved to be a sobering experience for them; the British incurred many more casualties than the Americans had sustained, including many officers. The battle had demonstrated that inexperienced militia were able to stand up to regular army troops in battle. The forces on Bunker Hill were very inexperienced and included people from teenagers to elderly people and were believed to be a mistake and bring no victory and only sacrifice, when in fact they earned a major victory for the colonists. Subsequently, the battle discouraged the British from any further frontal attacks against well defended front lines. American casualties were comparatively much fewer, although their losses included General Joseph Warren and Major Andrew McClary, the final casualty of the battle.[13]

Wiki paragraph for fact 2: The British had taken the ground but at a great loss; they had suffered 1,054 casualties (226 dead and 828 wounded), with a disproportionate number of these officers. The casualty count was the highest suffered by the British in any single encounter during the entire war.[82] General Clinton, echoing Pyrrhus of Epirus, remarked in his diary that "A few more such victories would have shortly put an end to British dominion in America."[11] British dead and wounded included 100 commissioned officers, a significant portion of the British officer corps in North America.[83] Much of General Howe's field staff was among the casualties.[84] General Gage, in his report after the battle, reported the following officer casualties (listing lieutenants and above by name):[85]

Summary and citation: The British had taken the ground but at a great loss; they had suffered 1,054 casualties (226 dead and 828 wounded), with a disproportionate number of these officers. Not only were the men at war the ones to face casualties, but so were the housewives, and for those husbands who were lucky enough to come back ended up bringing smallpox, and the women and children who weren't even involved also had to fight their own battles at home because of what was brought back. The casualty count was the highest suffered by the British in any single encounter during the entire war.[82] General Clinton, echoing Pyrrhus of Epirus, remarked in his diary that "A few more such victories would have shortly put an end to British dominion in America."[11] British dead and wounded included 100 commissioned officers, a significant portion of the British officer corps in North America.[83] Much of General Howe's field staff was among the casualties.[84] General Gage, in his report after the battle, reported the following officer casualties (listing lieutenants and above by name):[85]