Battle

Great Swamp Fight

19 Dec 1675 · 41.47° N, 71.60° W

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When
19 Dec 1675
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
41.47° N, 71.60° W
Description
1675 battle of King Philip's War

Great Swamp Fight

1675 battle of King Philip's War

The Great Swamp Massacre or the Great Swamp Fight was a crucial battle fought during King Philip's War between the colonial militia of New England and the Narragansett people in December 1675. It was fought near the villages of Kingston and West Kingston in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

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