Lost Chapters
Lexington & Concord: Garnet Location
Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the American Revolution, fought in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. About 700 British soldiers marched from Boston to seize colonial military supplies at Concord, and the day ended with a long retreat under fire from militia along the road back to Boston.
- Cost
- 3 crystals
- Type
- Location ยท Battle
- Color
- Garnet (Rebels, Pirates & War)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Liberty & Lightning (Set 1)
Your Soldiers and Rebels get +1/+0.
Revolutionary battles beginning with disputed first shots that grew into 'the shot heard round the world.'
The real history
On the night of April 18, 1775, British General Thomas Gage ordered about 700 soldiers under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith to march to Concord, roughly 20 miles west of Boston, and destroy the military supplies the colonists had stored there. Riders including Paul Revere and William Dawes spread the alarm, and militia companies gathered.
Around 5 a.m. the British column reached Lexington Green, where Captain John Parker's militia company was waiting. After British officers ordered the colonists to leave, a shot rang out from an unknown source, and the British fired volleys. Eight militiamen were killed and ten were wounded. Historians still debate who fired first.
In Concord, about 400 militiamen advanced on the North Bridge, which about 96 British soldiers were guarding. After the British fired, Major John Buttrick ordered his men to return fire. Three British soldiers were killed or mortally wounded and nine were hurt, and the British pulled back.
Around noon Smith's column started the march back to Boston. For about 16 miles, militiamen fired at the column from behind walls, houses and trees. Reinforcements under General Hugh Percy met the exhausted soldiers near Lexington in mid-afternoon and kept the retreat from turning into a disaster. By the end of the day the British had lost 73 killed, 174 wounded and 26 missing, and the colonists had lost 49 killed, 41 wounded and 5 missing. The fighting led to the siege of Boston, which lasted about eleven months.
Sources
- April 19, 1775, Minute Man National Historical Park, National Park Service
- Lexington and Concord: 22 Hours and a Shot Heard Around the World, National Archives, Prologue blog
- Lexington and Concord, American Battlefield Trust
In the game's story
In the game's invented story, some Echoes are copies of whole places and moments instead of faces, and one of them, the Echo of the Regulars, is an endless column of redcoats marching toward a Lexington that is not there. Readers usually have to clear several of these lesser Echoes before they can reach the heart of a lost chapter.
How the card plays
Lexington & Concord costs 3 crystals and is a Garnet Location. Your Soldiers and Rebels get +1/+0.
As a Location it keeps working as long as it stays in play, so it is a steady boost rather than a one-turn trick. It only helps Soldiers and Rebels, so it is strongest in a deck packed with them, and it does nothing for Founders or Free Spirits. At 3 crystals it is easy to play early and then enjoy on every attack. Redcoats turns the 2/2 Redcoats with Guard into 3/2 attackers that still block well, Alvin York pushes Alvin York up to 5 power with his Charge damage, and George Washington, Freeworld Founder gives the whole team a further +1/+1 on top.
- Playable in decks led by Edward Teach "Blackbeard", and by any Traveler Leader whose colors include Garnet.
- In the Blackbeard starter deck (1 copy). Deck code:
LC2-Aj4BPwFAAUEBQgFDAUQCRQFGAkcBSAFJAkoBSwFMAU0BTgFPAlACUQFSAVMCVAFVAVYBVwFYAVkBWgFbAVwBXQJeAW9C - A deck holds up to 3 copies of this card.
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