Battle of Bloody Brook

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The Battle of Bloody Brook was a 1675 ambush during King Philip’s War in which Native American forces decimated a colonial militia escorting a grain convoy near present-day South Deerfield, Massachusetts.

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Battle of Bloody Brook canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
event in King Philip's War
alsoKnownAs Lathrop's Fight
associatedFigure Philip (King Philip)
surface form: King Philip

Metacom
belligerent Native American coalition
New England colonial militias
surface form: New England colonial militia

Pocumtuck and allied Native forces
casualtiesSide heavy colonial casualties
light Native American casualties
cause English attempts to secure grain supplies during King Philip's War
Native resistance to English expansion in New England
chronologicalOrderInWar early phase of King Philip's War
combatantType Native American warriors
colonial militia
commander Captain Thomas Lathrop
Native leaders allied with Metacom (King Philip)
commemoratedOn local historical markers in Deerfield and South Deerfield
conflict King Philip's War
convoyCargo harvested grain
country Colonial America
date 1675-09-18
description ambush of a colonial militia escorting a grain convoy
historicalPeriod 17th century
impact increased fear in New England frontier settlements
strengthened Native control in the Connecticut River Valley temporarily
involves Pocumtuck homeland
surface form: Pocumtuck territory
location Pocumtuck Valley
near present-day South Deerfield, Massachusetts
memorial Bloody Brook monument in South Deerfield, Massachusetts
namedAfter Bloody Brook
near Connecticut River
Deerfield, Massachusetts
notableOutcome decimation of Captain Lathrop's company
loss of many colonial soldiers from the Connecticut River towns
opponent English colonists
partOf King Philip's War
presentDayLocation Deerfield, Massachusetts
surface form: South Deerfield, Massachusetts
primaryWeaponry muskets
small arms
traditional Native weapons
region New England
relatedConflict King Philip's War
surface form: Wampanoag–English conflicts in New England
relatedEvent Siege of Brookfield
surface form: Siege of Deerfield (1675)
result Native American victory
tactic ambush
target colonial grain convoy
typeOfEngagement land battle
year 1675

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King Philip's War notableBattle Battle of Bloody Brook
Lathrop's Fight alsoKnownAs Battle of Bloody Brook
Captain Thomas Lathrop notableFor Battle of Bloody Brook
Captain Thomas Lathrop conflict Battle of Bloody Brook
Captain Thomas Lathrop killedIn Battle of Bloody Brook
Bloody Brook historicalEventSite Battle of Bloody Brook
Bloody Brook namedAfterEvent Battle of Bloody Brook