Artemas Ward
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Artemas Ward was an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. He was considered an effective political leader, President John Adams describing him
Portrait by Raphaelle Peale (c. 1795)
Siege of Boston
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The siege of Boston was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. In the siege, American patriot militia led by newly-installed Continental Army commander George Washington prevented the Br
Artemas Ward
…the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, the rebel (colonial) forces followed the British troops back to Boston and deployed to start the Siege of Boston, cutting all land access to the city. At first Ward directed his forces from his sickbed (in Shrewsbury), later moving his headquarters to Cambridge…
1911 painting of the British evacuation of Boston
An engraving depicting Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga
The Battle of Bunker Hill, Howard Pyle, 1897
George Washington taking command of the Army, 1775