Loammi Baldwin was a major in the Woburn militia and, as commanding officer on
             April 19,1775, he executed the first successful ambush on the British that day at the
             Bloody Angle ( so called because the deadly ambush was accomplished at a sharp,
             double bend in the road being taken by the British troops on their return from Concord
             to Boston.) His militia wiped out the British command by injuring 9 out of the 10 offi-
             cers in the leading companies.

             He remained in the militia, was promoted eventually to Colonel in  1776 and on Decem-
             ber 26, 1776 he led the 26th Continental regiment into battle at Trenton after which he
             retired due to poor health.



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