06/23/1775 AD died
Abercrombie led the grenadier battalion in their charge of the redoubt on the Americans' left wing at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
During the assault on Breed's Hill, he sustained a large gunshot wound on his right thigh from an African soldier named Salem Poor, although there is probability that it was friendly fire.
After removal from the Bunker Hill battleground, he was treated at a hospital facility in Boston. He succumbed to his wound a week later at the residence of British military engineer John Montresor.
Boston, MA
Lattitude: 42.3601° N
Longitude: 71.0589° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 42.3601° N
Longitude: 71.0589° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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Lt Colonel James Abercrombie British army officer who...
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