History in 19th Apr

Battle of Lexington and Concord

American minutemen and British soldiers fight at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, beginning the American Revolution. The Patriots met the British at Lexington Green, where the first shots were fired. Significantly outnumbered, the minutemen retreated to Concord, where a larger Patriot force defeated the British and harassed their retreat back to Boston.
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Baltimore riot

Soldiers of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment clash with Confederate sympathizers in Baltimore, Maryland as their train switches tracks. As the soldiers passed through Baltimore, a mob began throwing stones, bricks, and other objects, compelling the soldiers to open fire. Four soldiers and 12 civilians were killed in the first "bloodshed" of the Civil War.
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