Parker’s Revenge, Lexington

Musket balls found at Parker’s Revenge Site (National Park Service)

Engraving of American Militia Firing on British Column (Wikimedia Commons)

Lt. Col. Francis Smith (Wikimedia Commons)

Following the devastating loss to his company on Lexington Green that morning, Capt. John Parker reformed his militia and marched after the British.

He meant to get revenge. He placed his company in an ambush site on the hill and waited until the British advance guard had turned the corner.

"About the middle of the forenoon Captain Parker having collected part of his company, I being with them, determined to meet the regulars on their retreat from Concord. We met the regulars in the bounds of Lincoln. We fired on them and continued so to do until they met their reinforcement in Lexington."

Nathan Munroe

Sources

“Parker’s Revenge: Lexington’s Lost Battlefield,” National Park Service, 23 November 2021, https://www.nps.gov/mima/learn/historyculture/parker-s-revenge-lexington-s-lost-battlefield.htm.