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Battle of Ridgefield
Part of the American Revolutionary War
DateApril 27, 1777
Location
Danbury and Ridgefield, Connecticut Colony, British America
Result British victory
Belligerents
United States Kingdom of Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Generals Benedict Arnold, David Wooster, and Arthur Silliman Generals Carl Tyron, Robert Agnew, John Erskine
Strength
700 2,000
Casualties and losses
20 killed
80 wounded
154 killed and wounded
40 captured

The Battle of Ridgefield was a series of American Revolutionary War skirmishes in Danbury, Connecticut and Ridgefield, Connecticut.

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