Fort Griswold

	Fort Griswold
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Lower battery of Fort Griswold
Location	Bounded by Baker Ave., Smith St., Park Ave., Monument Ave., and Thames River; Groton, Connecticut
Website	Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park
NRHP reference No.	70000694
Added to NRHP	October 6, 1970

Fort Griswold is a former American defensive fortification in Groton, Connecticut named after Deputy Governor Matthew Griswold. The fort played a key role in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, in correspondence with Fort Trumbull on the opposite side of the Thames River. Griswold defended the port of New London, Connecticut, a supply center for the Continental Army and friendly port for Connecticut-based privateers who targeted British shipping.^[1] The 17-acre site is maintained as Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.^[2]^[3]

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