Who won the battle that Paul Revere warned the American Colonists about when the British were coming?

Answer 1

I don't remember who won or lost the battle, or if there even was one actually, but I do remember one thing - Paul Revere actually was captured not long after he started his ride. I don't think he even rode a mile before he was captured by the British. A fellow rider (his name escapes me right now) actually rode most of the way and sounded the general alarm.

Why is Paul Revere remembered, and not the other fellow? Because a famous poem ("The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere") was written about him, and fixed his name forever in American history, even though the real facts were different.

actormyk:

OK - I went ahead and looked this up (was doing it from memory) Revere never made it to Concord. There were many riders out speading the alarm that night, but three of the main ones were Revere, Dr. Samuel Prescott, and William Dawes. All three were temporarily detained by a British roadblock on the way to Concord. Dawes escaped but later fell off his horse and did not complete his ride. Revere was detained longer, and eventually had his horse confiscated by the British. Prescott successfully escaped into the woods with his horse, and was the only rider of the three to make it to Concord.

Answer 2

The Americans inflicted many more causalties than the British- in fact the British would not have made it back to Boston if Percy did not send his relief column.
note that Revere warned that the 'regulars' were coming, not the British...everyone was at the time, the British, prior to Independence.
this battle is properly called "battle road' or Lexington and Concord, and while the first shots were fired at Lexington, Mass, the war actually started when the British fired at the American column coming up to Concord's North Bridge, and then the Americans fired back. At that point, officers on both sides had ordered their men to fire- Lexington was an uncontrolled firing on both sides....
The Americans then continued the battle when the British pulled out of Concord, striking at the British column marching down the road towards Boston.

Answer 3

I have never heard that Paul Revere was captured. To my knowledge, he made the ride from Boston to Concord, warned the colonists a long the way, and their guerrilla tactics ("from behind each fence and farmyard wall" as Longfellow puts it in "Paul Revere's Ride") and the colonists won

Answer 4

The colonists did and that is why we are now called The USA if they won I think we might have a cute name like The New England States of America.

Answer 5

Lexington ( Mass) the Brits

a few hours later

Concord, "where the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world"
would have been a Minuteman victory because the British took more casualties and withdrew from the field without getting what they came for

Answer 6

Public Schools are not above lying to the children or feeding them half truths for history. You can go back to sleep now.