Fort Griswold's guns were fired twice, a signal of enemy approach.

The slaughter at Fort Griswold left dozens of Americans dead.

No one at Fort Griswold had expected an attack, especially after six years of false alarms.

Later, a British force of 800 men moved towards Fort Griswold, which was garrisoned by 164 militia and local men.

Fort Griswold is currently the only intact memorial in town left from the Revolutionary War.

Eighty-five men were found dead in Fort Griswold, and sixty wounded, most of them mortally.

Fort Griswold is a former American military base in Groton, Connecticut.

Farmers Called to Fort Griswold The day was Sept. 6, 1781.

Today, in several cemeteries in those towns, their gravestones can still be found, many with inscriptions about the massacre at Fort Griswold.

Fort Griswold is on the eastern Groton Heights.