Posted on 06/19/2021 6:55:11 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Two hundred and forty-six years ago this week, in one of America’s most sacred battles, hundreds of American patriots fought and died for their yet-to-be-born country. America suffered many losses in the Battle of Bunker Hill, but one of the greatest was the life of Patriot leader, Doctor Joseph Warren.
On June 17, 1775, Marbleheader, founding father and future vice-president Elbridge Gerry, begged Warren not to join the fight. He argued that as President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and major general of the Massachusetts militia, Warren’s talents were needed for the cause of liberty far beyond a single battle, especially one destined to be a bloodbath given the overwhelming number of British troops and the colonists’ lack of ammunition. Warren, however, answered back that he refused to remain at home while others shed their blood for him.
Despite his elevated status and a debilitating migraine headache earlier that morning, the 34-year-old Warren answered the desperate call of colonial officers at the battle site for additional reinforcements. Their numbers had shrunk as some of the provincial soldiers fortifying the redoubts on Breed and Bunker Hill slunk away when they saw thousands of British troops preparing to attack. Warren’s arrival and his promise of more reinforcements had an immediate positive effect on the morale of the men and officers.
General Israel Putnam offered to give him command, but Warren refused, insisting that he was merely a volunteer who desired to be of use. So the President of the Provincial Congress, with his hair curled and pinned, dressed in a wedding coat with silver buttons, armed with musket and sword, joined the mere 150 remaining colonists defending the crucial redoubt against the onslaught from the British ships in the harbor.
The men met his arrival with loud cheers...
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
<< The remarkable full story is now told in the new bestselling book, The Indispensables: Marblehead’s Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware. . The book is a Band of Brothers-style treatment of the regiment from Marblehead, Massachusetts, a unique largely unknown group of Americans who changed the course of history. >>
We wuz there.
I’m on the road, so the Rev War ping will be delayed. Warren, a man amongst men.
I will read this. Thank you.
Here’s a working link for that book: https://www.amazon.com/Indispensables-Marbleheads-Soldier-Mariners-Washington-Delaware/dp/0802156894/
Thx FRiend!
To survive, republics need heroes.
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