Major Pitcairn rented next door to Paul Revere. Below, trace their intersecting movement the night of April 18th, 1775.

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Chronological Intersecting Timeline

Time (April 18–19, 1775)

Major John Pitcairn's Movements beginning at, Shaws home, North Square where he rents

Paul Revere's Movements, Revere’s home North Square abutting the Shaw house

10:00 PM

Secretly leaves North End quarters; assembles with elite infantry in Boston.

Receives word from Joseph Warren; prepares counter walks to the Old North Church before crossing to Charlestown by dingy.

11:00 PM – Midnight

Ferried across the Charles River to Lechmere's Point; begins overnight march.

Rows past the HMS Somerset, a British warship, lands in Charlestown, and borrows a horse.

12:00 AM – 2:00 AM

Marches through Cambridge and Menotomy (Arlington) toward Concord.

Gallops north through Medford, advising that the Regulars are out.

2:00 AM – 3:00 AM

Detached as commander of the 250-man elite advance guard to speed toward Concord.

Reaches Lexington, warns Hancock and Adams; joined by Dawes and Prescott.

3:00 AM – 4:00 AM

Advances rapidly up the road toward Lexington.

INTERCEPTION: Revere, Dawes, and Prescott are captured by a British patrol between Lexington and Concord. Revere is held.

4:30- 5:00 AM

THE CLIMAX: Enters Lexington Green, orders colonial militia to disperse; Rides as if he is going to envelope the Lexington Militia.The historic first volley erupts.

Released by British captors in Lincoln and returns on foot.

Morning (5:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

The light infantry killed eight and wounded ten. Major Pitcairn admonished the light infantry. Marches onward to Concord, secures the town center, and faces battle at North Bridge.

Revere returns to the Hancock-Clarke house to find Adams and Hancock have not left. Revere drags Hancock’s trunk past Captain Parker when the “shot heard round the world” discharges.

Afternoon (12:00 PM - End)

Commands brutal rear-guard defense during the bloody retreat back to Boston; loses horse and silver pistol near Fiske Hill.

He was also nearby on Lexington Green to witness the initial skirmish (the first shots of the American Revolution) before the British marched on toward Concord. He did not participate in the later fighting or the British retreat from Concord.