Great Swamp Fight 1675
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 19 December 1675 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1675 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | United States | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | North America | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | King Philip's War | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 41.4686, -71.5956 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
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. The combined force of the New England militia included 150 Pequots, and they inflicted a huge number of Narragansett casualties, including many hundreds of women and children. The battle has been described by historians as "one of the most brutal and lopsided military encounters in all of New England's history."
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