J.L. Bell posts a deposition from Edward Thoroton Gould, a lieutenant in His Majesty's 4th Regiment of Foot who was on the front line at the Battle at the Old North Bridge.
... On our arrival at that place, we saw a body of provincial troops, armed, to the number of about sixty or seventy men. On our approach, they dispersed, and soon after firing began, but which party fired first I can not exactly say, as our troops rushed on shouting and huzzaing previous to the firing, which was continued by our troops so long as any of the provincials were to be seen. ...
Father Austin Fleming, who lives in Concord, reports:
Just after midnight tonight I'll hear a fife and drum corps marching down Main Street to the green in Monument Square, where I live.
Only in Concord, Massachusetts might a parade pass by your home at midnight! ...
