The Boston campaign was the opening campaign of the American Revolutionary War, taking place primarily in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The campaign began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, in which the local colonial militias interdicted a British government attempt to seize military stores and leaders in Concord, Massachusetts. The entire British expedition suffered significant casualties during a running battle back to Charlestown against an ever-growing number of militia.
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill by John Trumbull
A 1775 Amos Doolittle engraving depicting a bit of the action at the North Bridge in Concord
A Currier and Ives print depicting George Washington accepting the role of Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from Congress.
Washington was awarded the first Congressional Gold Medal in 1790 for his first victory of the war in Boston.
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 as "universally esteemed, beloved and confided in by his army and his country."
Portrait by Raphaelle Peale (c. 1795)
