Colonel James Reed – Tailor Whose Regiment Held the Line at Bunker Hill

James Reed was a tailor as well as innkeeper by trade. Of ordinary height, well-built and very active, he was a veteran officer of two wars, having never failed to answer the call to arms. At the Battle of Bunker Hill, his regiment faced the hottest fire, throwing back the attacking British twice before the … Continue reading Colonel James Reed – Tailor Whose Regiment Held the Line at Bunker Hill