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portrait by john singleton copley , c. 1765 1775 colonial patriot militia mercy scollay -lrb- fiancée -rrb- 17 june 1775 charlestown , province of massachusetts bay roxbury , province of massachusetts bay usa 1776 united states place of burial american revolutionary war 11 june 1741 forest hills cemetery major general joseph warren signature.svg josephwarrenbycopley.jpeg joseph warren
 joseph warren
joseph warren

dr. joseph warren -lrb- june 11 , 1741 -- june 17 , 1775 -rrb- was an american doctor who played a leading role in american patriot organizations in boston in the early days of the american revolution , eventually serving as president of the revolutionary massachusetts provincial congress .
warren enlisted paul revere and william dawes on april 18 , 1775 , to leave boston and spread the alarm that the british garrison in boston was setting out to raid the town of concord and arrest rebel leaders john hancock and samuel adams .
warren participated in the next day 's battles of lexington and concord , which are commonly considered to be the opening engagements of the american revolutionary war .
warren had been commissioned a major general in the colony 's militia shortly before the june 17 , 1775 battle of bunker hill .
rather than exercising his rank , warren served in the battle as a private soldier , and was killed in combat when british troops stormed the redoubt atop breed 's hill .
his death , immortalized in john trumbull 's painting , `` the death of general warren at the battle of bunker 's hill , june 17 , 1775 '' , galvanized the rebel forces .
he has been memorialized in the naming of many towns , counties and other locations in the united states , by statues , and in numerous other ways .
