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It was the Colonial Americans, mostly men from what is now New England, who gathered to fight the British after the incidents of Concord & Lexington.
It is commonly known as the Battle of Bunker Hill because the two hills looked similar but they actually took their positions on Breeds Hill.
The Americans did not win the battle but they did inflict serious number of injuries to the British Army.
It is best known as the location where in 1775, early in the American Revolutionary War, most of the fighting in the Battle of Bunker Hill took place. The Colonials and the British fought there. In just two hours of fighting, 1,054 British soldiers (almost half of all those engaged) had been killed or wounded, including many officers. American losses totaled over 400. The first true battle of the Revolutionary War was to prove the bloodiest of the entire conflict. Neither really thought that it would come to this.
Battle of Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill are the same thing. Breed's Hill is famous for the "Battle of Bunker Hill" that happened during the American Revolutionary War. The casualties for the 13 colonies were 115 deaths, 305 injuries, and 30 captured. For England, they had 226 deaths(19 of them were officers), 828 injuries. In the end, the English won, but with the amount of deaths and injuries the English had the colonies thought of it as a victory.
Battle of Loup Hill happened in 1689.
Battle of Sideling Hill happened on 1756-04-04.
Benedict Arnold died. Benedict Arnold died.