Episode 4 of 4
American reoccupation of Boston
- When
- March 20, 1776
- Where
- Boston and Charlestown
- Part of
- Evacuation of Boston
After the British fleet sailed, Americans reclaimed Boston and Charlestown; more troops entered on March 20, and late-arriving British ships fell into American hands.
Once the British fleet sailed away, the Americans moved to reclaim Boston and Charlestown. More of the colonial army entered on March 20, 1776, once the risk of disease was judged low. Some unsuspecting British troop ships subsequently landed in Boston, only to fall into American hands.
Sources
- Siege of Boston Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.