about 10 hours it was a 22 mile walk
It took about 7 miles to get from Lexington to Concord.
The British
It took about 7 miles to get from Lexington to Concord.
The battle of Lexington. Indeed the British troops engaged at Lexington were the same who had to carry on the march to Concord.
At Lexington, 8 Americans were killed and 10 wounded. At Concord and on the march back to Boston, the Redcoats killed 2 more Americans. When the Redcoats reached Boston, 250 British soldiers had been killed or wounded.
British general Thomas Gage had heard that the colonial militia had a major weapon storehouse there. In reaction, he sent his soldiers to destroy it.
At dawn on April 19.
The British were going to collect dangerous weapons stored.
The British were going to collect dangerous weapons stored.
The British were going to collect dangerous weapons stored.
British soldiers secretly began their march from Boston to Concord on the night of April 18, 1775. Their mission was to seize colonial military supplies stored in Concord and arrest revolutionaries. This movement ultimately led to the Battles of Lexington and Concord, marking the start of armed conflict in the American Revolutionary War.
General thomas gage