It Was Breed’s Hill - Not Bunker Hill

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Feb 28, 2026

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  Hand tinted engraving, 10-3/4” x 7-3/4”, titled “Fortifying Breed's Hill in the night, June 16, 1775” (From the original drawing in the possession of the publishers) by Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1856. This print depicts men beginning to build the redoubt and prepare a defensive in near darkness. FineAfter dusk, on the night of June 16, 1775, hundreds of men were sent in to Breed's Hill to construct a redoubt, or temporary defensive fortification. Originally, the site for this fort was to be Bunker's Hill, but Breed's Hill was closer to Boston. It was decided to secretly set up this defensive fort during the night because it was learned that the British troops, led by General Gage, were going to occupy Dorchester Heights within a few days. By dawn on the 17th, the British had discovered the new American fort, and decided to retaliate. This retaliation resulted in what became known as the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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