" This battle was initiated aeer one side tried to fortify the Dorchester Heights.
A satirical cartoon depicted this battle as a "headdress" taking place atop a woman's massive hairdo. A man killed at this battle had insisted on ⎜ghting as an enlisted man, vowed to "die up to [his] knees in blood," and had his corpse identi⎜ed when a dentist recognized his fake teeth. A geriatric militiaman who rode to this battle through gun⎜re is celebrated in a Katherine Shepherd-Smith poem called "Seth Pomeroy's Ride." This battle was initiated aeer one side tried to fortify the Dorchester Heights. Dr. Joseph Warren was killed at this battle by soldiers commanded by Thomas Gage. During this battle, Israel Putnam is said to have ordered his troops not to "⎜re until you see the whites of their eyes." For 10 points, what 1775 battle was, despite its name, actually fought on Breed's Hill?
A satirical cartoon depicted this battle as a "headdress" taking place atop a woman's massive hairdo.
Battle of Bunker Hill