Siege of Springfield | |||||
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Part of King Phillip's War | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
Massachusetts Bay | Agawam | ||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||
Miles Morgan Samuel Appleton | - | ||||
Strength | |||||
unknown | unknown |
The siege of Springfield was a siege of the colonial New England settlement of Springfield in 1675 by Native Americans during King Philip's War. Springfield was the second colonial settlement in New England to be burned to the ground during the war, following Providence Plantations. King Philip's War remains, per capita, the bloodiest war in American history.[1]