✦ History

Part of American Revolutionary War

Siege of Boston

April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776 · Boston

Result American victory

Continental Army besieges British-held Boston; ends with the British evacuation.

On the map Contemporaries

American

British

United States Continental Army under Washington
United Colonies
Province of Massachusetts Bay
Great Britain British garrison
George Washington Commander-in-Chief, Takes command of the Continental Army Henry Knox Colonel, chief of artillery; led the expedition that brought the Ticonderoga guns to Boston Israel Putnam military commander Joseph Warren military commander Artemas Ward military commander
Thomas Gage military commander William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe General, commanded the British forces in Boston from October 1775, after Gage's recall Henry Clinton military commander John Burgoyne military commander Francis Smith military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
7,000–16,000
Strength
5,000–11,000

Units

Continental Army Aaron Burr Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Ogden Abraham Buford Alexander Hamilton General Alexander McDougall Major General Anthony Wayne Artemas Ward Major General Arthur St. Clair Benjamin Lincoln Major General Casimir Pulaski General Christopher Greene Colonel Daniel Morgan General Edward Hand George Clinton George Mathews Green Clay Henry Dearborn General Henry Knox Major General Henry Lee III Horatio Gates Hugh Mercer Brigadier General Israel Putnam General James Clinton Major General James McHenry James Monroe Major James Wilkinson James Winchester James Wood Jean François Hamtramck Colonel Johann de Kalb Major General John Armstrong Jr. General John Brooks Colonel John Francis Mercer Colonel John Glover John Hardin Colonel John Hoskins Stone John Marshall John Stark Major General John Sullivan Major General John Thomas Major General Joseph Bloomfield Joseph Warren Major General Josiah Harmar Josiah Tattnall (politician) Lachlan McIntosh Brigadier General Levin Winder Marquis de Lafayette Morgan Lewis Nathan Hale Colonel Nathanael Greene Major General Peleg Wadsworth General Peter Gansevoort Major General Philip Schuyler General Pierse Long Colonel Richard Butler Robert Magaw Colonel Samuel Smith Seth Warner Colonel Tadeusz Kościuszko Lieutenant General Thomas Knowlton Timothy Pickering General William Barton William Bradford William Darke William Eaton General William Maxwell Brigadier General William Moultrie Major General William Prescott Colonel William Sanford Pennington Major William Whipple William Woodford Brigadier General Benedict Arnold 1775–1780 Charles Lee 1775–1780 George Washington 1775–1783 James Moore Brigadier General · 1775–1777 Richard Montgomery 1775 William Alexander 1775–present 1st Rhode Island Regiment
British main army in North America Royal Navy North American fleet

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