What America Colonel led the 7th Continental Regiment and is famous for reportedly saying, "Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes"?
William Prescott William Prescott (February 20, 1726 – October 13, 1795) was an American colonel in the Revolutionary War who commanded the patriot forces in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Prescott is known for his order to his soldiers, "Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes", such that the rebel troops may shoot at the enemy at shorter ranges, and therefore more accurately and lethally, and so conserve their limited stocks of ammunition. It is debated whether Prescott or someone earlier coined this memorable saying.
Cyprian Howe Cyprian Howe (1726–1806) was an American Revolutionary War Colonel who in the summer of 1780 led a unit of the Massachusetts militia to Rhode Island to reinforce the Continental Army.