Capture of Fort Griswold

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battle military engagement

The Capture of Fort Griswold was a 1781 Revolutionary War action in Groton, Connecticut, in which British forces stormed and seized the American fort, resulting in heavy Patriot casualties.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Fort Griswold 1
Capture of Fort Griswold canonical 1
Massacre at Fort Griswold 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
aftermath American garrison largely killed, wounded, or captured ⓘ
Fort Griswold captured and American defenses at Groton Heights overrun ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Groton Heights ⓘ
associatedWith Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park ⓘ
Groton Monument ⓘ
surface form: Groton Heights Monument
belligerent Great Britain ONNED1 ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
casualties heavy American casualties ⓘ
relatively light British casualties ⓘ
category Battles involving Great Britain ⓘ
Battles involving the United States ⓘ
Conflicts in 1781 ⓘ
History of Connecticut ⓘ
cause British attempt to divert American and French forces from operations around New York and Virginia ⓘ
combatantCommander Benedict Arnold ⓘ
surface form: Brigadier General Benedict Arnold

Colonel William Ledyard ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant Colonel William Ledyard
commander Benedict Arnold ⓘ
William Ledyard ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1781-09-06 ⓘ
defensiveWork earthwork and stone fortification on Groton Heights ⓘ
forceStrength American garrison of several hundred militia ⓘ
British force of roughly several hundred regulars and Loyalists ⓘ
garrisonCommanderDeath William Ledyard killed after surrendering his sword ⓘ
historicalPeriod late stages of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
location Groton, Connecticut ⓘ
memorializedBy Groton Monument ⓘ
surface form: Groton Battle Monument
notableEvent killing of American defenders after the fort’s surrender ⓘ
storming of the fort by British troops ⓘ
objective destruction of American military stores at New London and Groton ⓘ
seizure of Fort Griswold ⓘ
partOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
New York and New England campaign of 1781 ⓘ
place Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park ⓘ
surface form: Fort Griswold
relatedEvent British raid on New London, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: British raid on New London (1781)
relatedPlace New London, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance one of the last major British raids in New England during the war ⓘ
remembered for high Patriot casualties and alleged massacre after surrender ⓘ
tacticalOutcome British capture of fort but no major strategic change in war’s outcome ⓘ
theater Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
typeOfAction amphibious raid followed by land assault ⓘ
year 1781 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Groton Heights → objective → Capture of Fort Griswold ⓘ
Battle of Groton Heights → alsoKnownAs → Capture of Fort Griswold ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Fort Griswold
Battle of Groton Heights → alsoKnownAs → Capture of Fort Griswold ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massacre at Fort Griswold
Colonel William Ledyard → partOf → Capture of Fort Griswold ⓘ
subject surface form: William Ledyard
this entity surface form: defenders of Fort Griswold