Qualla: Battle of Bunker Hill https://qualla.com/battle-of-bunker-hill en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:17 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/r/t/3/battle-of-bunker-hill-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Bunker Hill https://qualla.com/battle-of-bunker-hill Battle of Bunker Hill: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-bunker-hill/ Photo credit Public domain. Even the name is wrong. The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought almost entirely on Breed's Hill, a lower, more exposed position that the colonial commanders chose by mistake -- or perhaps by stubborn improvisation -- on the night of June 16, 1775. By the time the sun rose over Boston Harbor the next morning, 1,200 farmers, craftsmen, and militia volunteers had dug themselves into a redoubt of fresh earth on a hillside the British generals dismissed as occupied by 'untrained rabble.' By sunset, those amateurs had repulsed two full British assaults, killed or wounded more than a thousand redcoats including a hundred officers, and transformed what was supposed to be a quick mopping-up action into the bloodiest single engagement of the entire Revolutionary War.

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/r/t/3/battle-of-bunker-hill-wp/drt3-battle-of-bunker-hill-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Bunker Hill: Digging Through the Night https://qualla.com/battle-of-bunker-hill/ Photo credit Public domain. The colonial commanders knew the British were coming. On June 13, word reached the Massachusetts Provincial Congress that British generals Howe, Clinton, and Burgoyne -- all freshly arrived in Boston with reinforcements -- were planning to seize the high ground on the Charlestown...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/r/t/3/battle-of-bunker-hill-wp/drt3-battle-of-bunker-hill-digging-through-the-night.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Bunker Hill: The Approach Across the Grass https://qualla.com/battle-of-bunker-hill/ Photo credit Humberto Moreno, CC BY 2.0. General Howe chose a frontal assault. He was confident -- the hill was 'open and easy of ascent,' he assured his fellow officers -- and he expected the colonial position to collapse at the sight of disciplined British regulars advancing in line. The reality was something else ent...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/r/t/3/battle-of-bunker-hill-wp/drt3-battle-of-bunker-hill-the-approach-across-the-grass.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Bunker Hill: Three Assaults, One Terrible Afternoon https://qualla.com/battle-of-bunker-hill/ Photo credit Charlies E. Frye, CC BY-SA 3.0. The first British attack ended in carnage. The colonists held their fire until the redcoats were almost on top of them, then unleashed volleys that shredded the advancing lines. Howe's light infantry, marching in column along the narrow beach to turn the colonial flank, were cut ...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/r/t/3/battle-of-bunker-hill-wp/drt3-battle-of-bunker-hill-three-assaults-one-terrible-afternoon.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Bunker Hill: A Victory That Felt Like Defeat https://qualla.com/battle-of-bunker-hill/ Photo credit Francisco Seoane Perez, CC BY 2.0. The British had taken the ground, but at staggering cost. Of the roughly 2,200 regulars who fought that afternoon, 1,054 became casualties: 226 dead and 828 wounded. One hundred commissioned officers were among the fallen, a catastrophic blow to Britain's leadership in America. G...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/r/t/3/battle-of-bunker-hill-wp/drt3-battle-of-bunker-hill-a-victory-that-felt-like-defeat.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Bunker Hill: The Hill That Changed a Revolution https://qualla.com/battle-of-bunker-hill/ Photo credit I took this photograph., Public domain. News of Bunker Hill rippled outward in two directions, each wave carrying a different message. In the colonies, it was initially reported as a defeat -- the hill had been lost, after all. But when George Washington, traveling to Boston to take command of the Continental Army, lea...

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