"Breed's Hill Fortifications" Topic
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| panzerjager | 06 Aug 2018 7:54 a.m. PST |
Does anyone have a good source for what the earth work fortifications looked like at Breed's Hill / Bunker Hill? I have googled many images and there seems to be plenty of artist's concepts. However, I was wondering if anyone had first hand descriptions. Did the militia have time to construct gabions? Thanks PzJ |
| 23rdFusilier | 06 Aug 2018 9:07 a.m. PST |
Original water color by artist Thomas Davis in 1775. View at base of Breed' hill looking up hill. The redoubt and breastwork are illustrated. Remains of various fences scattered about field. By the officers and soldiers in foreground note plants suggesting wet ground. This is area where British guns were bogged down.
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| Memento Mori | 07 Aug 2018 9:29 p.m. PST |
There is this picture
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| panzerjager | 08 Aug 2018 6:41 a.m. PST |
Thanks for your responses. I am putting together some terrain to use with Loose Files and American Scramble. I think I can probably be safe with anything that looks hastily assembled. PzJ |
| historygamer | 11 Aug 2018 6:41 p.m. PST |
Hasty earthworks thrown up overnight. No gabbions. The fleches are a bit of a mystery. |
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