Siege

Attack on Springfield

Aug 1675 – 1676 · 42.10° N, 72.59° W

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When
Aug 1675 – 1676
Kind
Siege
Coordinates
42.10° N, 72.59° W
Description
in 1675, Springfield, Massachusetts, was burned to the ground during King Philip's War

Siege of Springfield

1675 Siege during King Philip's War

The siege of Springfield was a siege of the colonial New England settlement of Springfield in 1675 by Native Americans during King Philip's War. Springfield was the second colonial settlement in New England to be burned to the ground during the war, following Providence Plantations. King Philip's War remains, per capita, the bloodiest war in American history.

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