ORDER OF BATTLE // 19 Apr 1775
Lexington and Concord
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 5,460 estimated
Massachusetts Bay
3,960
Medium-confidence figure
Great Britain
1,500
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
War begins
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A People Numerous & Armed
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America's Hidden History
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Bunker Hill
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Concord fight, being so much of the narrative of Ensign Jeremy Lister of the 10th regiment of foot as pertains to his services on the 19th of April, 1775, and to his experiences in Boston during the e
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Exhibit panel featuring Harrington’s photograph and his recollection of the Battle of Lexington
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General Gage's Informers
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History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men
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History of the Siege of Boston and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill
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Infantry Regiments of the US Army
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Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution
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Academic Journal
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet, Minute Man National Historical Park
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The Battle of April 19, 1775: In Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville, and Charlestown, Massachusetts: Second Edition Revised and with Additions
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The British in Boston: Being the Diary of Lieutenant John Barker of the King's Own Regiment from November 15, 1774 to May 31, 1776
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The Siege of Boston: An on-the-scene Account of the Beginning of the American Revolution
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The War of the Revolution
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