What is Joseph Warren?
[[File:JosephWarrenByCopley.jpeg|right|250px]] Dr. '''Joseph Warren''' (June 11, 1741 - June 17, 1775) was an American [[physician]] and fighter in the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Joseph Warren|publisher=John Hancock|url=https://www.revolutionary-war.net/joseph-warren.html|access-date=August 9, 2018}}</ref> He played a leading role in American Patriot groups in [[Boston]] in the early days of the American Revolution. Warren enlisted [[Paul Revere]] and William Dawes on April 18, 1775. They were to leave Boston and spread the alarm that the [[United Kingdom|British]] were about to raid [[Concord, Massachusetts]] and arrest rebel leaders [[Samuel Adams]] and [[John Hancock]]. Warren was appointed [[Major general|Major General]] in the [[Massachusetts]] colony's militia just before the June 17, 1775 [[Battle of Bunker Hill]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Doctor Joseph Warren|publisher=The National Park Service|url=https://www.nps.gov/bost/learn/historyculture/warren.htm|access-date=August 9, 2018}}</ref> But instead of exercising his rank, Warren served in the battle as a private [[soldier]]. He was killed in combat when British troops attacked Breed's Hill. Many [[United States]] [[city|cities]] and [[town]]s are named for Warren. ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Warren, Joseph}} [[Category:Scientists from Massachusetts]] [[Category:1741 births]] [[Category:1775 deaths]] [[Category:American revolutionaries]] [[Category:American generals]] [[Category:Military people from Massachusetts]]