Benjamin Church
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King Philip’s WarBenjamin Church’s Plymouth command, a non-Connecticut exception, had utilized Indian allies since the beginning of the war, and he succeeded in killing Philip in August 1676. By September the colonists and their Indian allies had destroyed much of the Native American opposition in southern New…
Read MoreBenjamin Church’s Plymouth command, a non-Connecticut exception, had utilized Indian allies since the beginning of the war, and he succeeded in killing Philip in August 1676. By September the colonists and their Indian allies had destroyed much of the Native American opposition in southern New…
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Great Swamp FightCaptain Benjamin Church led another coordinated assault across the frozen swamp in which his mounted scouts broke through the log palisade. Despite fierce resistance, the fort was finally taken and set ablaze; as many as 600 Narragansett, including old people and women and children, were burned…
Read MoreCaptain Benjamin Church led another coordinated assault across the frozen swamp in which his mounted scouts broke through the log palisade. Despite fierce resistance, the fort was finally taken and set ablaze; as many as 600 Narragansett, including old people and women and children, were burned…
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