This is the sixth in a series.

This is the last in a series of articles attempting to present what happened at Lexington and Concord in April 1775 in the order that the public was informed. The Colonial version was disseminated in the weeks after the events by a system known as the Committees of Correspondence. This unofficial underground social group was able to get the story out almost a month before any official British version reached the press.

Following the first shots being fired at Lexington and the skirmish at Concord Bridge, the Redcoats had failed in their…