Andrew McClary was an Irish soldier and major in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. McClary was born in Ulster, Ireland and came to colonial America with his parents at age sixteen w
Detail of McClary and Knowlton from Trumbull painting. McClary is standing behind Thomas Knowlton, holding musket. Major McClary was the last American soldier to fall during the Battle of Bunker Hill.
The Death of General Warren by John Trumbull McClary (center left) is depicted in Trumbull's famous painting, wearing a white shirt with musket in hand and standing behind the mortally wounded Dr. Warren.
The Battle of Bunker Hill by Howard Pyle, 1897
McClary standing behind Thomas Knowlton, holding musket wearing) white shirt, along with the mortally wounded Warren are among the central figures depicted on a U.S. commemorative postage stamp, issued on the bicentennial anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1975
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachuse
Andrew McClary
…New Hampshire militia. During the revolution he assembled a company of men in New Hampshire and marched over seventy miles to Boston and fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. During the retreat he was the last soldier to leave the battle site. McClary was killed not long after the retreat, when he returned to the site to…
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775 John Trumbull, 1815–1831
Ralph Farnham, one of the last survivors
Sketch of the Battle of Bunker Hill, printed in August 1775.