Battle of Menotomy - Main Engagement

As the British column entered Menotomy in the late afternoon, militia from towns across eastern Massachusetts had gathered along the road. The fighting that erupted was fiercer than anything that day. Exhausted soldiers, low on ammunition, faced fresh militia fighters who knew the terrain. Men shot from windows, from behind walls, from apple orchards. The British, increasingly desperate, began searching houses for snipers, leading to close-quarters killing.