Conflicts

Rhode Island

74 engagements recorded

Battle of Block Island 1636

Block Island Raid

Block Island Raid 1636 (prelude to Pequot War)

Battle of Block Island (Endicott Expedition)

Block Island Raid 1636 (Pequot War)

Block Island Expedition 1637

Antinomian Controversy Militia Action 1638

Great Swamp Fight (King Philip's War)

Great Swamp Massacre

Swamp Fight Narragansett 1675

Battle of Nipsachuck 1675

Great Swamp Massacre 1675

Naragansett Country Raids 1675

Great Swamp Massacre (Rhode Island)

Great Swamp Fight (Second Rhode Island engagement)

Battle of Narragansett Fort

Battle of Nipsachuck (KPW, 1675)

Battle of Pocasset Swamp 1675

Battle of Nipsachuck

Battle of Great Swamp (King Philip's War)

Battle of Great Swamp (Narragansett Winter Campaign)

Battle of Swamp Fight (Great Swamp Massacre)

Battle of Bloody Brook — Swamp Fight (Rhode Island)

Warwick Burning

Attack on Warwick 1676

Wickford Burning (Rhode Island)

Attack on Providence 1676

Death of King Philip 1676

Battle of Nipsachuck (Second Engagement)

Capture of Annawon (Last KPW Battle)

Raid on Providence RI (King Philip's War)

Battle of Mount Hope 1676

Battle of Nipsachuck Swamp

Battle of Cedar Swamp 1676

King Philip's War – Battle of Nine Men's Misery 1676

Raid on Providence (KPW, 1676)

Nipsachuck Swamp Fight

Attack on Providence Rhode Island 1676

Death of King Philip (Mount Hope)

Pierce's Fight 1676

Battle of Nipsachuck (Second)

Burning of Warwick RI 1676

Ambush at Captain Pierce's Fight (1676)

Wickford RI Burning 1676

Death of King Philip at Mount Hope

Killing of King Philip 1676

Death of King Philip at Mount Hope 1676

Philip's Death at Mount Hope

Death of Metacom (King Philip)

Sacking of Providence (King Philip's War)

Battle of Mount Hope (Capture of Philip's Camp)

Weetamoo's Death

Burning of the Gaspee (RI)

Burning of the Gaspee

Raid on Prudence Island (1775)

Revolutionary War

Bombardment of Bristol, Rhode Island (1775)

Revolutionary War

Siege of Newport (British occupation)

Revolutionary War

Battle of Block Island (HMS Glasgow engagement)

Revolutionary War

Battle of Nassau (Bahamas raid)

Revolutionary War

British Occupation of Newport

Revolutionary War

Battle of Rhode Island – Black Regiment Action

Revolutionary War

Battle of Rhode Island – American Withdrawal

Revolutionary War

Battle of Rhode Island Aug 29 1778

Revolutionary War

Mount Hope Bay Raids (1778)

Revolutionary War

Action at Tiverton (Rhode Island)

Revolutionary War

Battle of Rhode Island

Revolutionary War

Battle of Rhode Island 1778

Revolutionary War

Raid on Block Island (1778)

Revolutionary War

Battle of Rhode Island (1778)

Revolutionary War

Chepachet Standoff (Dorr's Rebellion)

Providence Arsenal Attack (Dorr's Rebellion)

Dorr Rebellion — Battle of Chepachet 1842

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