As the British regulars crested Fiske Hill in Lexington, they were again met with an onslaught of musket fire. Both sides suffered casualties in the skirmish, including colonial militia man James Hayward and the British soldier who reportedly fired upon Hayward at the same moment Hayward fatally drew upon him. Several others died inside the Fiske family home.

Rebecca Fiske later wrote, “My husband drew the two Britons off on a sled, and buried them in one of our pastures, where they now lie, beneath a pine tree which has grown up out of their grave.” While local residents continued to report the existence of a large “upright” tree stump in a meadow atop Fiske Hill for the next century, today’s stone marker and plaque placed by the National Park Service as part of the Battle Road Trail project in 2000 only indicates the general location of these known graves.

This marker’s inscription reads:

Near Here Are Buried
British Soldiers
April 19, 1775