Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1916 — First to Die for Liberty [ARTICLE]

First to Die for Liberty

It would be difficult to say who was the first man' killed In the Revolutionary war. The spirit of revolt prevailed and some collisions between the people and British soldiers before the war actually began. The battle of Concord occurred more than a year before the Declaration of. Independence, but there was bloodshed before the battle of Concord. One of the earliest of these collisions was the so-called Boston massacre, March 6, 1770, in which British soldiers fired upon citizens, killing three and wounding eight. The first to fall In this affray was Crtepus Attacks, a mulatto. .The first taan Wiled In the battle of Concord, April 19, 1776, was Capt Isaac Davis of the Massachusetts “minute men.” In the battle of eon--cord the Americans lost 9$ killed, wounded and missing, but no complete list of names was preserved. " -