John Trull

John Trull (1738–1797) was the commander of the Tewksbury, Massachusetts minuteman company on the first day of the American Revolution, at the Battle of Lexington & Concord.

[3][4] On the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere and William Dawes left Boston to warn of the British troops coming to capture the colony's supply of arms and powder at Concord, and possibly arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock, who were staying in Lexington.

Trull quickly fired off three shots, purportedly from his bedroom window, which was a prearranged signal to Capt.

The topography at Meriam's Corner forced the British flanking parties back to the road, and thus proved to be a perfect ambush point for Trull and the other colonists.

[11][12] As the day went along, minute and standard militia companies would find a place providing good cover from which to attack the passing British column.

[13][14] Trull's and other companies chased the British all the way back to Charlestown, with the number of angry colonists shooting at the Regulars growing with every mile.

If British Gen. Gage in Boston, had not sent out an additional 1,000 reinforcements, along with two field pieces, the original expeditionary force of 700 would likely have never made it back.