5. (? 8 soldiers) Bloody angle.
Park at the parking lot for
Hartwell Tavern. The marker is down the
trail to the west (left). The grave marker is at approximately the 14 1/4 mile
maker and is next to the explanatory panel for the “Bloody Angle”.
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Near Here Are
Buried
British
Soldiers
April
19, 1775
An
account by Private Foster –
“A
short but sharp contest ensued, at which the enemy received more deadly injury,
than at any one place from Concord to Charlestown. Eight or more of their number were killed on the
spot, and no doubt, many wounded. The
enemy soon retreated under a scattering fire, in which one of their musicians
fell.” (quoted in Samuel Adams Drake).
From
Heroes of the Battle Road –
“A
few rods beyond the Hartwell Tavern another grenadier fell, on the green grass
before a pair of bars.” The caption to
the picture states that the pair of bars (a wooden rail fence) is between the
two Hartwell Houses.
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