British Expedition and Patriot Messengers
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British Expedition Malden British Return from Concord Malden April 19, 1775 and Patriot Messengers 12 a.m., April 19 Revere arrives in Lexington before April 18-19, 1775 British leave Lechmere Point. Red indicates British movements; Red indicates British route to Concord. Dawes arrives at 12:30 a.m. dashed lines indicate flanking parties. Prescott joins them after they Patriot Messengers: Mystic British Artillery Mystic leave for Concord. Mystic (Medford) Mystic Dark blue indicates Paul Revere’s route. Lakes r r (Medford) Green indicates William Dawes’s route. ive Winnisimmet Blue indicates Massachusetts Militia movements. Lakes ive Winnisimmet R R c c Col. Pickering & Purple indicates Samuel Prescott’s route. Lexington ti M ti M s Y s Salem Militia Y Hancock-Clarke House Dawn, April 19 y S y S M R T Lexington M T E IC r I er Harrington House V ve Dr. Warren, C iv Buckman Tavern R i 2:30 p.m. R CHARLESTOWN R E IV R IV Capt. Parker & R ER d Gen. Heath & ER 7:00 p.m. d MENOTOMY E r Billerica & r 'S CHARLESTOWN Charlestown Lexington Militia o Danvers Militia Cooper Expedition returns o (Arlington) c Reading c ROUT Capt. Parker & E Punkatasset n Tavern Neck n Munroe S to Charlestown. M o Militia B o Lexington Militia Tavern IT Hill C Bloody Concord R C H Percy’s IT ’S Buttrick House IS Winter Hill Pierce’s RO Hill Headquarters H RETU Prospect Hill UTE North Angle Pierce’s Russell RN Hill N 7 a.m., April 19 TO Col. Fiske (Munroe Tavern) House W C Old North Church 1:00 p.m. Hill T O Expedition arrives in Concord. Meriam House ROU ON Barrett’s Bridge Hartwell House O ST HMS Somerset T k C 10:30 p.m., April 18 k CHARLE E o OR 9:30 a.m. Tavern Menotomy S D Militia Meriam House D o Barrett's ’ o Revere departs Boston. R o North Bridge RE T r Barrett’s Fiske Hill 4:30 p.m. r Farm P SCOT 1:30 a.m., April 19 B O B M C 1:40 p.m. CONCORD fe Lechmere Farm CON e British patrol stops Revere, Dawes, Alewi O A if Watson’s CAMBRIDGE Point BOSTON R lew BOSTON Old Manse and Prescott. Revere is captured, CAMBRIDGE Old Manse RETURN F Maj. Baldwin & Assab 11:00 p.m., April 18 Assab ’S Corner e e Woburn Militia Maj. Gardner & t Meriam’s Corner Dawes flees back to Lexington, H r Expedition departs t r T ve e I Brookline Militia R i and Prescott escapes to continue R iv SM Brooks Hill Boston. R 12:45 p.m. Cambridge Bridge R to Concord and beyond. E CONCORD E V Boston Boston I IV R B Meriam’s Framingham & Cambridge Bridge ack Neck R Back Neck South S Ba South Wright B E y Corner Sudbury ES ay Bridge RL Bridge Tavern 12:30 p.m. L Flint A Minutemen AR H CH Flint H CH Walden Pond ob o b 10:30 p.m., April 18 Walden Pond bb 8:45 a.m. Pond Lincoln s s Sud Dawes departs Boston. Su Pond Lincoln Percy departs b d P u bu r r E Boston. y y R C R R Y i i ’ v Roxbury v S Roxbury er e D r RO B B A WES’S UTE UTE r r RO TO LEXINGTON o ver Watertown o er Watertown o Ri Brookline o Riv k Waltham k Waltham Brookline Charles Charles.