who was the last living survivor of the battle of lexington
Jonathan Harrington
title: Battles of Lexington and Concord text: wounded in the thigh. The eight colonists killed were John Brown, Samuel Hadley, Caleb Harrington, Jonathon Harrington, Robert Munroe, Isaac Muzzey, Asahel Porter, and Jonas Parker. Jonathon Harrington, fatally wounded by a British musket ball, managed to crawl back to his home, and died on his own doorstep. One wounded man, Prince Estabrook, was a black slave who was serving in the militia. The companies under Pitcairn's command got beyond their officers' control in part because they were unaware of the actual purpose of the day's mission. They fired in different directions and prepared to enter private homes. Colonel Smith, title: Douglas TBD Devastator text: their roles in subsequent battles against Japanese surface forces. There are no surviving aircraft in museums or private collections, nor are there any currently under restoration. However, below are four crashed aircraft that are known to exist and are the closest to a complete airframe in the world. It is not known if anyone will recover and restore these aircraft, as there has been no news on the recovery off San Diego since 2011. On 4 March 2018 Paul G. Allen's R/V Petrel team discovered the wreck of the USS Lexington at 3,000 meters (about two miles) below the surface, title: Battles of Lexington and Concord text: the volley of musket fire. At least three privates (Thomas Smith, Patrick Gray, and James Hall, all from the 4th) were killed or mortally wounded, and nine were wounded. In 1824, Reverend and Minuteman Joseph Thaxter wrote: The regulars found themselves trapped in a situation where they were both outnumbered and outmaneuvered. Lacking effective leadership and terrified at the superior numbers of the enemy, with their spirit broken, and likely not having experienced combat before, they abandoned their wounded, and fled to the safety of the approaching grenadier companies coming from the town center, isolating Captain Parsons and the companies title: Lexington (steamship) text: their first major-selling print. A black-and-white lithograph was also produced from an eyewitness account. Of the 143 people on board the "Lexington", only four survived: Chester Hilliard, 24, the only passenger to survive, had helped crew members throw bales of cotton to people in the water. He climbed onto the last bale at 8:00 p.m., along with ship’s fireman Benjamin Cox. About eight hours later, Cox, weak from hypothermia, fell off the bale and drowned. At 11:00 a.m., Hilliard was rescued by the sloop "Merchant". Stephen Manchester, the ship's pilot. He and about 30 others huddled at the bow of title: Battle of Midway text: and sank with the loss of 80 lives, mostly because her own depth charges exploded. With further salvage efforts deemed hopeless, the remaining repair crews were evacuated from "Yorktown", which sank just after 05:00 on 7 June. By the time the battle ended, 3,057 Japanese had died. Casualties aboard the four carriers were: "Akagi": 267; "Kaga": 811; "Hiryū": 392; "Soryū": 711 (including Captain Yanagimoto, who chose to remain on board); a total of 2,181. The heavy cruisers "Mikuma" (sunk; 700 casualties) and "Mogami" (badly damaged; 92) accounted for another 792 deaths. In addition, the destroyers "Arashio" (bombed; 35) and "Asashio"