21/25 The militia was reorganized, and military stores gathered together. Reproduced through the courtesy of Rev.E. _Higginson_, 178-183; _McMaster_, 126-128; _Source-Book_, 144-146.] 132. Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775 .-- Gage had said that with ten thousand men he could march all over Massachusetts. In April, 1775, he began to crush the rebellion by sending a strong force to Concord to destroy stores which his spies told him had been collected there. |