Captain Richards' Company, which marched from Goffstown on the 23rd of April (1775), now formed a part of Colonel Stark's Regiment at Medford. This regiment took a very important part in the engagement of that day. The following is a list of the names of the Goffstown soldiers engaged in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Timothy Ahern
Samuel Annis
John Bean
Jonathan Bell
Jacob Bradbury
Peter Butterfield
Timothy Blake
Eleazor Emery
Joel Emery
Stephen Flanders
Austin George
Jacob Hadley
Jonas Hastings
Benjamin Karr
James Karr
Jesse Karr
Samuel Karr
Thomas Karr
Ruben Kemp
William Kemp
James Lamb
John Little
Moses Little
Charles McCarty
Obediah McLane
Andrew Newhall
David Richards
Samuel Richards
Elias Sargent
Samuel Smith
Ben Tiffany
Stephen Tuttle
Ezekiel Wells
Joshua Wilson
Edward Wood
Jonathan Wood
The following is a list of the losses the Goffstown men sustained:
| Sargt William Kemp 1 Napsack | Ruben Kemp 1 Coat |
| Andrew Newhall 1 Coat | Obediah McLane 1 Coat |
| Capt. James Karr 1 Napsack |
Stark's Regiment sustained a loss, killed and wounded, of sixty men. The hihghest of any regiment engaged save one, Colonel Prescott's, which had forty-three killed and forty-six missing.
On account of failure of ammunition the Provincial troops retreated from the field, the British Army occupied Bunker Hill but did not pursue.
SOURCE:
History of Goffstown, 1733-1920, by George Plummer Hadley, published by the Town, Copyright 1922; page 122.
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