Sudbury Fight

Sudbury Fight
Part of King Philip's War

An artist's rendition of the ambush of Wadsworth's men
DateApril 21, 1676
Location
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Result Native American victory
Belligerents
Massachusetts Bay Wampanoag
Nipmuc
Narragansett
Commanders and leaders
Samuel Wadsworth †
Samuel Brocklebank †
Hugh Mason
Edward Cowell
John Sharp †
Solomon Phipps		 Possibly Metacomet or Muttawmp (see Background)
Strength
120 infantry
40 cavalry[1]
80 civilian volunteers[2]		 500[3]
Casualties and losses
74[3] 120[4][5]

The Sudbury Fight (April 21, 1676) was a battle of King Philip's War, fought in what is today Sudbury and Wayland, Massachusetts, when approximately five hundred Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Narragansett Native Americans raided the frontier settlement of Sudbury in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Disparate companies of English militiamen from nearby settlements marched to the town's defense, two of which were drawn into Native ambushes and suffered heavy losses. The battle was the last major Native American victory in King Philip's War before their final defeat in southern New England in August 1676.

  1. ^ McGlenen, Edward (2014). "The Sudbury Fight, April 21, 1676: an Address delivered before the Society of Colonial Wars at the Battle Ground, Sudbury, Massachusetts, June 17, 1897". The Internet Archive.
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