Soldier Facts
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Private Hugh White - The soldier outside on guard duty when the incident began. He struck Edward Garrick, a Boston teenager, and traded insults with Bartholomew Broaders, another Boston teenager.
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Captain Lieutenant John Goldfinch - A British officer who was also on duty the evening of March 5, 1770. He was accused by Edward Garrick, a wigmaker's apprentice, of not paying his master's bill.
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Captain Thomas Preston - The commanding officer of the British 14th regiment. He was in command of the British soldiers who were outside the Customs House. He initially sent Corporal Wemms to help Private White, but he also went to help soon after.
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Corporal William Wemms - A non-commissioned officer sent by Captain Preston to relieve Private Hugh White from guard duty. He was in command of the following soldiers:
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Hugh Montgomery
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John Carroll
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James Hartigan
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William McCauley
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William Warren
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Matthew Killroy
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James Bassett - A soldier who went with Captain Preston to help the others.