George Washington's Engineer: How Rufus Putnam Won the Siege of Boston without Firing a Shot Pattison Darcy
George Washington's Engineer: How Rufus Putnam Won the Siege of Boston without Firing a Shot Pattison Darcy In January 1776, George Washington had a problem: the British army controlled the city of…
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George Washington's Engineer: How Rufus Putnam Won the Siege of Boston without Firing a Shot Pattison Darcy
In January 1776, George Washington had a problem: the British army controlled the city of Boston. But how?Washington had a solution: ask his engineer Rufus Putnam to solve the problem. The colonial army needed to force the British to leave.
They could place cannons there to bombard the British army.Cannons on Dorchester Heights meant the colonials needed to build walls to protect their soldiers. They needed to take control of the high ground, Dorchester Heights, just south of Boston. But January in Massachusetts was so cold that the ground was frozen.
No one could dig foundations for walls. Inspired by a French book, Putnam designed a wall of wood, filled with bundles of sticks. Quartermaster Thomas Mifflin gathered wood, wagons, hay bales and much more from the surrounding countryside.On March 4, 1776, Boston lay under a light fog, while