South Boston (redirect from Dorchester Neck) Dorchester Neck was an isthmus, a narrow strip of land that connected the mainland of the colonial settlement of Dorchester with Dorchester Heights.... 41 KB (4,196 words) - 16:26, 28 April 2024 |
the cannons to Boston in January 1776, and this artillery fortified Dorchester Heights which overlooked Boston harbor. This development threatened to cut... 47 KB (5,224 words) - 09:58, 13 April 2024 |
plan on June 12. This plan began with taking the Dorchester Neck, fortifying the Dorchester Heights, and then marching on the colonial forces stationed... 77 KB (8,846 words) - 04:38, 1 April 2024 |
the trip to secretly haul cannons from Fort Hill to the Fortification of Dorchester Heights, artist Michael Dowling seeks 100,000 Bostonians, a seventh... 43 KB (3,752 words) - 17:35, 7 April 2024 |
Boston, General Washington had given Learned command of the important Dorchester Heights position. When the British evacuated Boston on March 17, 1776, Colonel... 6 KB (742 words) - 21:47, 30 December 2023 |
is now Jamaica Plain. One side of Columbia Road is Roxbury, the other Dorchester. Melnea Cass Boulevard is located approximately over the Roxbury Canal... 91 KB (10,169 words) - 13:42, 20 April 2024 |
their withdrawal from Boston after the Continental Army fortified Dorchester Heights, a success that hinged upon Knox's Ticonderoga expedition. When the... 65 KB (7,750 words) - 00:34, 28 April 2024 |
27, 1776 Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge March 2–4, 1776 Fortification of Dorchester Heights March 2–3, 1776 Battle of the Rice Boats May 15–26, 1776... 58 KB (5,708 words) - 16:12, 2 April 2024 |
the Lebanese capital, Beirut. In his memoirs, Sharon admits that the Dorchester ambush was "merely the spark that lit the fuse". Schiff & Ya'ari pp. 97... 132 KB (15,805 words) - 11:46, 17 April 2024 |
as the town's namesake. Previously, there was also a street named when Dorchester Boulevard. The square received its name when the street was renamed Boulevard... 76 KB (2,069 words) - 10:19, 31 March 2024 |
element of the name is the Old English word ceaster ("(Roman) fort, fortification, town", itself borrowed from Latin castrum). A list of British cities... 153 KB (13,640 words) - 19:45, 27 April 2024 |
Croydon to Chailey, Country from Dorchester to Salisbury, Country from Gloucester to Pembroke, Marden Castle, near Dorchester. Close, Charles (1969). The Early... 39 KB (4,682 words) - 16:43, 11 December 2023 |
Army from Boston after the British withdrew following the Fortification of Dorchester Heights, and brought it to New York in 1776, correctly anticipating... 65 KB (8,437 words) - 04:01, 26 April 2024 |