By decade
The engagements fought in Connecticut, by decade.
Where these engagements were fought
All 11 are placed on the map. Select a marker to see the engagement.
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Red markers are surveyed battlefields with a mapped boundary; navy markers are point-located engagements. Select a marker to open its page.
Notable engagements
| Engagement | Year | Forces or losses |
|---|---|---|
| Mystic massacre | 1637 | ~500 Pequot killed |
| Siege of Fort Saybrook | 1636 | more than 20 English killed; warehouses/provisions destroyed |
| Attack on Wethersfield | 1637 | 6 men, 3 women killed; 2 captives |
| Gardener's ambuscade near Saybrook | 1637 | 2 killed |
| Mystic Fort assault and massacre | 1637 | ~400 killed |
| Raid on Stamford (Anne Hutchinson killed) | 1643 | seventeen Stamford people killed |
| Raid on Waterbury | 1709 | 3 settlers killed |
| Fairfield Swamp Fight | 1637 | 160 men + 40 Mohegan scouts |
Plus 3 further documented engagements in the Connecticut record.
By conflict
Pequot War
The 1636-1638 war in Connecticut, including the Mystic massacre and the Fairfield Swamp Fight.
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King Philip's War
The 1675-1678 war that engulfed New England, from Swansea and the Great Swamp Fight to the town raids across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and the Maine frontier.
2 ENGAGEMENTS →
Queen Anne's War
The North American front of the War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1713: the raid on Deerfield, the Northeast Coast raids, and Moore's destruction of the Florida missions.
1 ENGAGEMENTS →
Engagements and locations are compiled from published sources: Wikipedia (text rewritten and cited as a reference, CC BY-SA 4.0); Sylvester, Indian Wars of New England (1910) (public domain).