THE MINUTE BOYS OF BOSTON
AMERICAN HISTORY STORIES FOR BOYS
THE MINUTE BOY SERIES
By Edward Stratemeyer and James Otis
The Minute Boys of Lexington
The Minute Boys of Bunker Hill
The Minute Boys of the Green Mountains
The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley
The Minute Boys of the Wyoming Valley
The Minute Boys of Bunker Hill
The Minute Boys of the Green Mountains
The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley
The Minute Boys of the Wyoming Valley
THE MEXICAN WAR SERIES
By Capt. Ralph Bonehill
For the Liberty of Texas
With Taylor on the Rio Grande
Under Scott in Mexico
With Taylor on the Rio Grande
Under Scott in Mexico
DANA ESTES & COMPANY Publishers Estes Press, Summer St., Boston
"AND WE DID CHECK THEM!"The Minute Boys of Boston
BY
JAMES OTIS
Author of "The Minute Boys of Long Island," "The Minute Boys of WyomingValley," "Boys of '98," "Teddy and Carrots," "Boys of Fort Schuyler,""Under the Liberty Tree," etc., etc.
Illustrated by
L. J. BRIDGMAN
BOSTON
DANA ESTES & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1910
By Dana Estes & Company
All rights reserved
THE MINUTE BOYS OF BOSTON
Electrotyped and Printed by
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Why We Were Enrolled 11
II. Raising a Company 29
III. The War Begun 48
IV. The Prisoner 71
V. Suspicious Information 89
VI. A Cloudy Night 104
VII. The Summons 126
VIII. Hog Island 144
IX. On Special Duty 163
X. On Breed's Hill 183
XI. The Retreat 203
XII. In Boston Town 222
XIII. ...