Joseph Warren, was an American Founding Father and physician who was one of the most important figures in the Patriot movement in Boston during the early days of the American Revolution, eventually se
Portrait by John Singleton Copley, c. 1765
Extract from membership register for Revere, Warren and Palfrey from St. Andrew's Masonic Lodge in Boston.
Warren (right) offering to serve General Israel Putnam as a private before the Battle of Bunker Hill
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775 by John Trumbull
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
Joseph Warren
…rebel leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams. Warren had been commissioned a major general in the Massachusetts Militia shortly before the June 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill. Rather than exercise his rank, Warren chose to participate in the battle as a private soldier, and was killed in combat when British troops stormed…
Ralph Farnham, one of the last survivors
Sketch of the Battle of Bunker Hill, printed in August 1775.