The sword on the left belonged to Colonel William Prescott, of the Massachusetts revolutionary army; the sword on the right was that of John Linzee, a captain in the Royal Navy. Both men figured p ...

But for reasons that are still unclear today, the New Englanders commanded by Colonel William Prescott built their earthen stronghold on the wrong hill. Instead of going with Bunker Hill on the ...

(The original plan had been to fortify the adjacent Bunker Hill, but Colonel William Prescott changed course at the last minute, as Breed’s Hill was located closer to Boston.) The American ...

The author of the definitive life of Columbus, ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEA, a historian renowned for his history of the American Navy in the Second World War, a sailor who saw active duty on eleven ...

As the legend goes, Colonel William Prescott ordered his militia “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!” as British forces embarked on Bunker Hill nearly 250 years ago.