The Great Swamp Fight^{[1, 2, 3]}

• Name	Great Swamp Fight
  Began	18 Dec 1675	Pettaquamscutt   [2, 4]
  Type	Battle
  Event	19 Dec 1675	South Kingstown, King's Province, Rhode Island, British America   [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22]
  	at five o'clock in the morning, the army began its march, reaching the swamp shortly after noon
  	during King Philip's War Soldiers Involved: Edward Wilder Nathaniel Richardson Ebenezer Dibble Capt. Isaac Johnson Capt. John Gallup Jr. Daniel Rolfe Capt. Joseph Gardner Thomas Davenport Jr. Joseph Abbot
  	19 Dec 1675	Pettaquamscutt
  	Capt. Isaac Johnson died Daniel Rolfe died Ebenezer Dibble died Capt. John Gallup Jr. died Capt. Joseph Gardner died Thomas Davenport Jr. died
  Ended	19 Dec 1675	Pettaquamscutt
  	Cause: over by the evening
  	In the end, they routed the Narragansetts, but at a significant cost for themselves. They lost six captains and over twenty men, with about one hundred and fifty wounded.
  Person ID	I45353	Duane's Ancestors
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2020

  
  

  Parent	King Philip's War,   b. 20 Jun 1675, Swansea, Plymouth, British America d. 12 Apr 1678, Casco Bay, York, New York, British America (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F18017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Began - 18 Dec 1675 - Pettaquamscutt Event - at five o'clock in the morning, the army began its march, reaching the swamp shortly after noon,during King Philip's War Soldiers Involved: Edward Wilder Nathaniel Richardson Ebenezer Dibble Capt. Isaac Johnson Capt. John Gallup Jr. Daniel Rolfe Capt. Joseph Gardner Thomas Davenport Jr. Joseph Abbot  - 19 Dec 1675 - South Kingstown, King's Province, Rhode Island, British America - Capt. Isaac Johnson died Daniel Rolfe died Ebenezer Dibble died Capt. John Gallup Jr. died Capt. Joseph Gardner died Thomas Davenport Jr. died - 19 Dec 1675 - Pettaquamscutt Ended - Cause: over by the evening - 19 Dec 1675 - Pettaquamscutt  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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