Directory of Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park Resources

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Historic site where, in 1781, British forces, commanded by Benedict Arnold, captured the Fort and massacred the colonial militia. Today, the 860-acre park houses a Revolutionary War museum and the granite monument which was the inspiration for the Washington Monument.

Resources in This Category

• A Narrative of the Capture of Fort Griswold

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gmasue/griswold.htm
  As related in 1856 by an eyewitness of the scene.

• Fort Griswold

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Griswold
  Information from Wikipedia.

• Fort Griswold

  http://www.starforts.com/griswold.html
  Aerial view and descriptive information.

• Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park

  http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325198&deepNav_GID=1650
  Contemporary color photos and information on facilities, activities and the historic fort museum.

• Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park

  http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325198&depNav_GID=1650
  Information on history and activities at historic fort museum.

• Friends of Fort Griswold

  http://fortfriends.tripod.com/
  Photos, history, fort map and related information.

• Notable Youngs Kin: William Ledyard

  http://ntgen.tripod.com/bw/youngs_ntble.html
  Information on the commander at Fort Griswold when Benedict Arnold's men ravaged the area.

• Plan of Fort Griswold c1781

  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/gmd378/g3784/g3784n/ar102600.sid&style=gmd&itemLink=D?gmd:15:./temp/~ammem_3PxK::&title=Fort-Griswold.+
  Top view of fort layout, with handwritten notations, c1781, from the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.

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