The Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, were the first major military actions between the British Army and Patriot militias from British America's Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolutionary War. The opposing forces fought day-long running battles in Middlesex County in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, in the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge. 


Date: April 19, 1775 (250 years ago)
Location:	Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Lexington: 42°26′58″N 71°13′51″W
Concord: 42°28′09″N 71°21′01″W

Result: American victory
Beginning of the American Revolutionary War

Belligerents
Massachusetts Bay   Great Britain

Commanders and leaders
John Parker
James Barrett
John Buttrick
John Robinson
William Heath
Joseph Warren
Isaac Davis †
Francis Smith
John Pitcairn (WIA)
Hugh Percy

Strength
Lexington: 77[1]
Concord: 400[2]
End of Battle: 3,960[3]	Departing Boston: 700[4]
Lexington: 400[5]
Concord: 100[6]
End of Battle: 1,500[7]
Casualties and losses
49 killed, 39 wounded, 5 missing, 73 killed, 174 wounded, 53 missing

American Revolutionary War: Boston campaign