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Unexpected Victory. Longboats haul General William Howe’s men out to a fleet of warships during the March 1776 British withdrawal from Boston. (Interim Archives/Getty Images)
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Unexpected Victory. Longboats haul General William Howe’s men out to a fleet of warships during the March 1776 British withdrawal from Boston. (Interim Archives/Getty Images)
Interim Archives/Getty Images