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On March 4, 1776, troops from the Continental Army under George Washington's command occupied Dorchester Heights, a series of low hills with a commanding view of Boston and its harbor, and mounted powerful cannons there threatening the city and the Navy ships in the harbor.
On the night of March 4, 1776, as 800 American soldiers stood guard along the river of Dorchester shores, [clarification needed] 1,200 American soldiers occupied Dorchester Heights. They began working through the night to build structures suitable to defend against the British Army.
On the night of March 4, 1776, colonial militia and local volunteers stealthily fortified the summit of Dorchester Heights. Wrapping their wagon wheels with straw to deaden the sound, they moved the cannon from Roxbury and entrenched them on these hills south of Boston.
Nov 13, 2009 · 1776. American forces occupy Dorchester Heights. Under the cover of constant bombing from British artillery, Brigadier General John Thomas slips 2,000 troops, cannons and artillery into position at...
Nov 9, 2009 · In early March 1776, Washington’s men fortified Dorchester Heights, an elevated position just outside of Boston. Realizing Boston was indefensible to the American positions, the British...
DORCHESTER HEIGHTS, MASSACHUSETTS. 2-27 March 1776. As American soldiers began the siege of Boston in the days after the first clashes at Lexington and Concord (19 April 1775), they did not establish positions on either the Charlestown peninsula, across the Charles River from Boston, or the Dorchester peninsula, which extended into Boston ...
On March 17, 1776, George Washington stood on Dorchester Heights alongside fifty-nine captured cannon high above the city of Boston, Massachusetts, and watched as British troops peacefully evacuated the city after an eleven-month siege. It was a remarkable moment for many reasons.
On March 4, 1776, troops from the Continental Army under George Washington's command occupied Dorchester Heights, a series of low hills with a commanding view of Boston and its harbor, and mounted powerful cannons there.
Finally, on the night of March 4, 1776, Washington directed General John Thomas and Colonel Richard Gridley, the chief engineer of the army, to fortify Dorchester Heights. Over 1,200 soldiers and volunteers and 300 oxcarts transported tools and materials to the site as stealthily as possible.
Dorchester Heights is best-known for its vital significance to the Revolutionary War. After months of stalemate in Boston between the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, and the Royal Army, led by General William Howe, Washington and his troops made a decisive move on March 4th 1776.
