On this day 250 years ago from artillery positions at Lechmere Point, Cobble Hill, and Lamb’s Dam in Roxbury in the siege lines around Boston, the Continental Army began a bombardment of the British Army’s positions in Boston. The Americans conducted the bombardment to provide cover for their occupation of Dorchester Heights two days later.
Sources: https://revolutionarywar.us/year-1776/; https://richardhowe.com/2011/03/02/on-this-day-march-2-1776/;
On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Secret Committee of Correspondence of the Continental Congress appointed Connecticut lawyer Silas Deane as a special envoy to negotiate with the French government.
On this day 250 years ago on the Savannah River in Georgia, the Battle of the Rice Boats, also called the Battle of Yamacraw Bluff began. A small fleet of the Royal Navy sailed up the Savannah River to escort ships filled with rice to supply Boston. The British first landed 300 troops on Hutchinson’s Island and began seizing merchant ships. In response 500 Patriot militia from Georgia and 400 South Carolina militia began firing on the British. The combat would continue into the next day.
https://www.oatland.org/American_Revolution/Savannah/Battle_of_Riceboats_1776.pdf; https://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/battles/1776-skirmish/
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