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Brian Keeley, American Battlefield Trust
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Apr. 2, 1787
United Kingdom
Portrait painting of Thomas Gage
General Thomas Gage dies at 68 years old in London
Apr. 5, 1761
New York
Depiction of Sybil Ludington by Dale Watson
Sybil Ludington, whose story remained in obscurity until the 1960s, is born in Ludingtonville, NY
Apr. 6, 1745
Massachusetts
William Dawes, oil painting by John Johnston, circa 1785-95
William Dawes, the lesser-known midnight rider and Patriot, is born in Boston, Massachusetts
Apr. 8, 1723
Pennsylvania
Generic Rev War Tricorn Guy over Pyle's Defeat Depiction
Future physician and North Carolina Loyalist leader John Pyle is born in Chester Co. Pennsylvania
Apr. 10, 1806
New York
Painted portrait of Horatio Gates
Horatio Gates, Patriot General and hero of Saratoga, dies at 78 in his New York home
Apr. 13, 1745
Pennsylvania
Future general, "Mad" Anthony Wayne, is born in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Apr. 14, 1780
South Carolina
Painting of Banastre Tarleton
British forces under Banastre Tarleton close off Patriot supply lines from the Cooper River and wipe out a Patriot force
Apr. 15, 1777
North Carolina
Colonel James Moore (DAR image expanded by AI)
Brig. Gen. James Moore dies suddenly of illness in Wilmington prior to his departure to join forces with Gen. Washington
Apr. 15, 1781
South Carolina
The Maham tower built in front of Fort Watson
Henry Lee and Francis Marion begin the Siege of Fort Watson
Apr. 16, 1730
Canada
This is a portrait of Henry Clinton.
Henry Clinton, future British Commander-in-Chief in America, is born in Newfoundland
Apr. 19, 1775
Massachusetts
An illustration of the Battle of Lexington
The Battle of Lexington & Concord lights sparks the Revolution
Apr. 19, 1775
Massachusetts
The Minute Man Statue in Concord, Massachusetts
Isaac Davis, Acton Minutemen leader, is slain at Concord and is the first Patriot officer casualty of the Revolution
Apr. 19, 1775
Massachusetts
Depiction of Boston Harbor around the start of the American Revolution
The Siege of Boston commences shortly after the Patriot Victory at Lexington & Concord
Apr. 20, 1746
Virginia
Samuel Griffin Portrait
Samuel Griffin, leader of militia units in New Jersey in 1776, is born in Richmond County, Virginia
Apr. 23, 1781
South Carolina
The Maham tower built in front of Fort Watson
Maham's tower at the Siege of Fort Watson leads to the surrender of a British garrison
Apr. 25, 1781
South Carolina
An illustration of the Battle of Camden / Hobkirk Hill
Nathanael Greene probes British defenses in the South Carolina backcountry
Apr. 26, 1726
New York
William Alexander, Lord Stirling, the one responsible for exposing the Conway Cabal, is born in New York City
Apr. 29, 1827
Massachusetts
An oil painting of a young woman
Deborah Sampson, a woman who famously disguised herself to fight in the Revolution, dies at 66 in Sharon, MA