Great Swamp Fight

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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1675  Wikidata
battle, 

HMS Lark, 

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Location: 41.4686, -71.5956, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1675 — 1678 King Philip's War

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1675	Great Swamp Fight	battle	Wikidata
event	war	1675	King Philip's War	war, Mohegan, Pequot, Wampanoag people, Narragansett people, New England Confederation, Nipmuc, Nashaway people, Podunk people	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Cero	ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Saratoga	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Getty	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1637	Fort Ninigret	trading post, archaeological site, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1702	Fort Wolcott	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1794	Fort Greene	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1798	Fort Adams	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1895	Fort Wetherill	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1908	Fort Kearny	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1942	Camp Varnum	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1942	Oak's Inn Military Reservation	fort	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Endeavour	survey vessel, collier, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1762	HMS Lark	fifth-rate frigate, shipwreck, Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate	Wikidata