William Munroe (American soldier)

William Munroe at advanced age. Lithograph by John Henry Bufford date unknown.[1]

Colonel William Munroe (October 28, 1742 – October 30, 1827) [1] was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. He was the orderly sergeant of the Lexington militia at the Battle of Lexington and Concord and as a lieutenant at the Battle of Saratoga. He was also a militia colonel and a prominent man politically in the town of Lexington.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Hudson, Charles (1868), History of the town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1868, with a genealogical register of Lexington families, Boston, Massachusetts: Wiggin & Lunt, OCLC 729124426, Internet Archive [1] Retrieved 2011-09-20