✦ History

Part of American Revolutionary War

Battles of Lexington and Concord

April 19, 1775 · Lexington

Result American victory

First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War; British attempt to seize colonial arms meets armed Minutemen.

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American

British

United States Massachusetts militia / Minutemen
Great Britain British Army regulars
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland military commander Francis Smith military commander John Pitcairn military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
73
Wounded
174
Missing
53

Units

British main army in North America

Before and after

Led to
American Revolutionary War April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783

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