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- MMCAP_080607_12.JPG: Paul Revere capture site
- MMCAP_080607_13.JPG: The Capture of Paul Revere:
"I saw four of them, who rode up to me, with their pistols in their hands, and said G-d d-n you stop, if you go an Inch further, you are a dead Man. Immeditly [sic] Mr. Prescott came up we attempted to git thro them, but they kept before us, and swore if we did not turn in to that pasture, they would blow our brains out... Mr. Prescott said to me, "put on!" He took to the left, I to the right, towards a Wood... just as I reached it, out started six officers, seised [sic] my bridle, put their pistols in my Breast, ordered me to dismount..." -- Paul Revere
Paul Revere Capture Site:
At this stretch of the Battle Road, the famous "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" came to an end.
While passing through Lexington at around midnight, Revere and William Dawes met Dr. Samuel Prescott of Concord, who was riding home after courting Lydia Mulliken. Prescott agreed to help spread the alarm that "the Regulars were out."
The three men ran into a patrol of ten mounted British officers posted here to prevent word of the British march from reaching Concord. Revere was captured. Dawes escaped back towards Lexington. Prescott jumped his horse over a stone wall and eluded his pursuers. It was Prescott who carried the alarm to Concord and beyond.
Revere was questioned, held for a while and then released, but the British officers confiscated his horse. Revere walked back to Lexington in time to hear the gunfire at dawn on the town Common.
- MMCAP_080607_17.JPG: The Midnight Riders:
In September of 1774, Patriot leaders initiated a system of alarms and express riders to warn area towns whenever British troops marched out of Boston.
On April 18th, at about 10:00 in the evening two riders set out from Boston ahead of 700 British troops. William Dawes took the land route south of Boston. Paul Revere crossed the Charles River, obtained a horse, and began his ride. They stopped in Lexington to warn Patriot leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams, then headed on to Concord, where military supplies for the colony were stored.
As the two men alerted the countryside, other towns sent more riders out into the night. About 4,000 Massachusetts Militia and Minute Men took up arms and arrived in time to fight on April 19th. By day's end, about 20,000 were on the march.
"One if by land, and two, if by sea; and I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country folk to be up and to arm."
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride" (1861) has helped to make the alarm rider an American icon.
- MMCAP_080607_24.JPG: The Capture of Paul Revere:
"I saw four of them, who rode up to me, with their pistols in their hands, and said G-d d-n you stop, if you go an Inch further, you are a dead Man. Immeditly [sic] Mr. Prescott came up we attempted to git thro them, but they kept before us, and swore if we did not turn in to that pasture, they would blow our brains out... Mr. Prescott said to me, "put on!" He took to the left, I to the right, towards a Wood... just as I reached it, out started six officers, seised [sic] my bridle, put their pistols in my Breast, ordered me to dismount..." -- Paul Revere
Paul Revere Capture Site:
At this stretch of the Battle Road, the famous "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" came to an end.
While passing through Lexington at around midnight, Revere and William Dawes met Dr. Samuel Prescott of Concord, who was riding home after courting Lydia Mulliken. Prescott agreed to help spread the alarm that "the Regulars were out."
The three men ran into a patrol of ten mounted British officers posted here to prevent word of the British march from reaching Concord. Revere was captured. Dawes escaped back towards Lexington. Prescott jumped his horse over a stone wall and eluded his pursuers. It was Prescott who carried the alarm to Concord and beyond.
Revere was questioned, held for a while and then released, but the British officers confiscated his horse. Revere walked back to Lexington in time to hear the gunfire at dawn on the town Common.
- MMCAP_080607_38.JPG: Weapon of the Day:
On April 19th, 1775, Colonists and British soldiers used the same type of gun -- a flintlock musket that fired a one ounce solid lead ball. The effective range was one hundred yards (the length of a modern football field). These weapons were smooth bore -- there were no grooves in the barrel to put a spin on the ball to make it fly straight. Also, the ball was undersized to facilitate quick loading. Because muskets were not very accurate, they were most effective when fired by lines of soldiers, in volleys. The Colonists firing individually along the Battle Road did not hit their mark, very often. However, they were effective in keeping up a steady, harassing gunfire.
Well-drilled soldiers using prepared cartridges could load and fire three or more times a minute. Soldiers tore open the paper cartridge with their teeth and sprinkled a small amount of gunpowder into the priming pan of the weapon. The remainder of the cartridge (powder, ball and paper wrapping) was placed into the muzzle and rammed down with the ramrod. When the trigger was pulled, the flint was forced forward, striking the steel frizzen and making sparks. The powder ignited, causing the gun to fire. However, flints often failed to spark, damp powder failed to ignite and powder fouling caused difficulties in loading. Colonists carried swords, axes or bayonets as back-up.
- MMCAP_080607_49.JPG: Paul Revere capture site
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