Digital Learning Commons: American Revolution: Lexington & Concord, April 1775

Resources

Lexington and Concord: The Shot Heard 'Round the World
Overview of the battles at Lexington and Concord, which signaled the start of the war.
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“Lexington and Concord: The Shot Heard 'Round the World.” Civil War Trust, Civil War Trust, www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/lexington-and-concord-shot-heard-round-world.
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Overview of the Battles at Lexington and Concord from the Military History Podcast. Includes a 30 minute discussion that be can streamed or downloaded.
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Johnson, Justin. “Battle of Lexington and Concord.” American Military History Podcast, 14 July 2015, https://www.stitcher.com/show/american-military-history-podcast/episode/battle-of-lexington-and-concord-40849175.

Primary Sources

Battle at Lexington Green, 1775: The British Perspective
British soldier's firsthand account of the events at Lexington and Concord.
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"Battle at Lexington Green, 1775: The British Perspective," EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
A circumstantial account of an attack that happened on the 19th of April 1775, on his Majesty's troops.
British account of the events at Lexington.
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A circumstantial account of an attack that happened on the 19th of April 1775, on his Majesty's troops. By a number of the people of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. On Tuesday the 18th of April, about half past 10 at night, Lieutenant Colonel. Boston, 1775. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .
A deposition of a colonial militiaman from the battle of Lexington and Concord, April 25, 1775
Eyewitness account from local militia on the events at Lexington.
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Congress of the Confederation, “Deposition #8 of Nathanael Parkhurst, et al. Regarding the Events of April 18 and 19, 1775 at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/road-to-revolution-1763-1776/sources/16.
A Bloody Butchery, by the British Troops; or the Runaway Fight of the Regulars
Write-up of the Battle of Concord and those who were killed.
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[A bloody butchery, by the British troops: or, The runaway fight of the regulars … To which is annexed A funeral elegy to the imortal memory of those worthies, who were slain in the battle of Concord. 1775 Salem Printed and sold by E. Russell]. Boston, 1775. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .