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For a list of numerous places and things that are named after this battle, see [|Bunker Hill]. //The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill// by [|John Trumbull] || [|Charlestown, Massachusetts] || changes || British capture Charlestown peninsula ||  || [|William Howe] [|Robert Pigot] [|Henry Clinton] [|Royal Navy]: [|Samuel Graves] || [|Israel Putnam] [|William Prescott] [|Joseph Warren] [|†] [|Seth Pomeroy] (Both Warren and Pomeroy declined command) || 828 wounded || 140 dead, 271 wounded, 30 captured (20 POWs Died) || The **Battle of Bunker Hill** took place on [|June 17], [|1775] on [|Breed's Hill], as part of the [|Siege of Boston] during the [|American Revolutionary War]. [|General] [|Israel Putnam] was in charge of the revolutionary forces, while [|Major-General] [|William Howe] commanded the [|British] forces. Because most of the fighting did not occur on Bunker Hill itself, the conflict is sometimes more accurately (though more rarely) called the **Battle of Breed's Hill**.
 * ~ Date || [|June 17], [|1775] ||
 * ~ Battle of Bunker Hill ||
 * = Part of the [|American Revolutionary War] ||
 * = [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/The_death_of_general_warren_at_the_battle_of_bunker_hill.jpg/300px-The_death_of_general_warren_at_the_battle_of_bunker_hill.jpg width="300" height="199" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_death_of_general_warren_at_the_battle_of_bunker_hill.jpg"]]
 * ||~ Date || [|June 17], [|1775] ||
 * ~ Location || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Erioll_world.svg/18px-Erioll_world.svg.png]][|42°22′37.6″N 71°3′33″W﻿ / ﻿42.377111, -71.05917﻿ (Battle of Bunker Hill)][|Coordinates]: [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Erioll_world.svg/18px-Erioll_world.svg.png]][|42°22′37.6″N 71°3′33″W﻿ / ﻿42.377111, -71.05917﻿ (Battle of Bunker Hill)]
 * ~ Result || [|British] [|Pyrrhic victory] ||
 * ~ Territorial
 * ~ Combatants ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Union_flag_1606_%28Kings_Colors%29.svg/65px-Union_flag_1606_%28Kings_Colors%29.svg.png width="65" height="39" align="center" caption="Flag of the United Kingdom" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Union_flag_1606_%28Kings_Colors%29.svg"]][|Kingdom of Great Britain] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b0/New_England_blank_flag.svg/65px-New_England_blank_flag.svg.png width="65" height="39" align="center" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:New_England_blank_flag.svg"]][|Province of Massachusetts Bay] ||
 * ~ Commanders ||
 * [|British Army]:
 * ~ Strength ||
 * 2,600 || 1,500 ||
 * ~ Casualties ||
 * 226 dead,
 * = [|] ||
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The Americans, seeing this activity, had also called for reinforcements. The only troops to reach the forward positions were the [|1st] and [|3rd New Hampshire regiments] of 200 men, under Colonels [|John Stark] and [|James Reed] (both later became generals.) Stark's men took positions along the fence on the north end of the American position. When low tide opened a gap along the [|Mystic River] along the northeast of the peninsula, they quickly extended the fence with a short stone wall to the north ending at the water's edge on a small beach. Gridley or Stark placed a stake about 100 feet (30 m) in front of the fence and ordered that no one fire until the [|regulars] passed it. Private (later Major) [|John Simpson], however, disobeyed and fired as soon as he had a clear shot, thus starting the battle. This was the 2nd battle of the Revolutionary War.