MAJOR GENERALS INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE
THE LEADING AMERICAN GENERAL WAS COLONEL WILLIAM PRESCOTT. HE LED 1,200 MINUTEMEN UP BUNKER HILL TO FIRE AT BRITISH SHIPS IN THE BOSTON HARBOR. THEY STOOD UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT INTIMIDATING THE FORCE OF THE BRITISH. WILLIAM SERVED IN THE MILITIA FOR THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. HE ALSO FOUGHT IN THE NEW YORK REGIMENT IN 1776. HE DIED TO A STROKE ON JANUARY 28, 1859. HE DIED WHEN HE WAS SIXTY - NINE YEARS OLD IN HIS HOUSE.
WILLIAM HOWE WAS A LEADING BRITISH GENERAL. HE SPOTTED THE AMERICANS AND FERRIED 2,500 REDCOATS. HE JOINED THE MILITARY AT SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD. HE BECAME A CAPTAIN AT THE AGE OF TWENTY - ONE. HE HELPED GENERAL WOLFE IN THE BATTLE OF QUEBEC. HIS DEATH IS UNSPECIFIED. HE DIED AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY FOUR. ON JULY 12, 1814.