![]() ![]() ![]() Several hundred citizen soldiers had the bravery and discipline to hold their fire until the British soldiers, each one with a bayonet mounted to the barrel of his musket, marched to within fifteen yards of the patriot entrenchment. Philbrick builds to the extraordinary moment when a group of ordinary citizens stood up to several regiments of British regulars in the Battle of Bunker Hill. 1773), as Boston turned from the center of patriot defiance to a British-occupied city under a patriot siege. The core of Philbrickâs lecture, building on his book Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution, tracks in detail the eighteen months following the Boston Tea Party (Dec. ![]() Nathaniel Philbrick brings a fresh perspective to the Battle of Bunker Hill. The real central character in this battle is Boston-where vigilantes fill the streets with a sinister and frightening violence, even as calmer patriots struggle to see their way to rebellion. ![]()
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