Which hill was the main site of fighting in the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill?

The main fighting in the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill took place on Breed's Hill.

The battle was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston, only weeks after the Revolutionary War began at Lexington and Concord. Colonial forces fortified Breed's Hill on the Charlestown Peninsula because it was closer to Boston and gave them a position from which artillery could threaten the British-held city.

The engagement kept the name “Battle of Bunker Hill” because Bunker Hill was the colonists’ original objective and the larger geographic landmark. British troops captured the colonial redoubt after repeated assaults, but suffered heavy casualties. The battle demonstrated that inexperienced colonial forces could stand against regular British troops. A commonly repeated version of the story says the colonists were told to wait until they could see the whites of the enemy’s eyes; the exact wording and speaker remain debated.