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Fairfield Swamp Fight

1637 in Connecticut1637 in the Thirteen ColoniesBattles in ConnecticutColonial American and Indian warsConflicts in 1637
Fairfield, ConnecticutHistory of Fairfield County, ConnecticutMassacres of Native AmericansMilitary history of the Thirteen ColoniesPequot WarPre-statehood history of Connecticut
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The Fairfield Swamp Fight (also known as the Great Swamp Fight) was the last engagement of the Pequot War and marked defeat of the Pequot tribe in the war and the loss of their recognition as a political entity in the 17th century. The participants in the conflict were the Pequot and the English with their allied tribes (the Mohegan and Narragansett). The Fairfield Swamp Fight occurred July 13–14, 1637 in what is present-day Fairfield, Connecticut. The town of Fairfield was founded after the battle in 1639.

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