Nine Men's Misery | |||||||
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Part of King Phillip's War | |||||||
![]() The site of Nine Men's Misery in Cumberland | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Plymouth Colony Wampanoag |
Narragansett Nashaway Nipmuc Podunk | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Capt. Michael Pierce † | - | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~60 Plymouth militiamen ~20 Wampanoag warriors | - | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Forces eliminated | - |
Nine Men's Misery is a site in current day Cumberland, Rhode Island, where nine colonists were tortured by Narragansett warriors during King Philip's War. A stone memorial was constructed in 1676 and is believed to be the oldest war monument in the United States.