Portrait of Paul Revere on Display in Military Life Gallery at Morristown National Historical Park
Paul Revere portrait by Frederick B. Revere is an oil on canvas painted in 1872.
WE all remember the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere which led to the first shots of the American Revolution.
In 1776, Revere was commissioned a major of infantry in the Massachusetts militia in that April, and transferred to the artillery a month later.
In November he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and was stationed at Castle William, defending Boston harbor. He was generally second or third in the chain of command, and on several occasions he was given command of the fort. He applied his engineering skills to maintaining the fort's armaments, even designing and building a caliper to accurately measure cannonballs and cannon bore holes.
Portrait of Paul Revere on Display in Military Life Gallery at Morristown National Historical Park
Paul Revere portrait by Frederick B. Revere is an oil on canvas painted in 1872.
WE all remember the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere which led to the first shots of the American Revolution.
In 1776, Revere was commissioned a major of infantry in the Massachusetts militia in that April, and transferred to the artillery a month later.
In November he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and was stationed at Castle William, defending Boston harbor. He was generally second or third in the chain of command, and on several occasions he was given command of the fort. He applied his engineering skills to maintaining the fort's armaments, even designing and building a caliper to accurately measure cannonballs and cannon bore holes.