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Fort Barton

343 Highland Road
Tiverton, 02878
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A wide view of a calm blue bay stretches toward distant shoreline homes, framed in the foreground by tall evergreens and leafy trees beneath a sky dotted with white clouds.

View from Fort Barton Historic Site

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Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, the Fort Barton site still has earthwork remains of the original fort, built in 1777 and used as a defensive post overlooking the ferry crossing between Tiverton and Aquidneck Island during the American Revolution. American forces used this ferry as a launching point during the Battle of Rhode Island in August 1778. The fort was named after Lt. Col. William Barton, who captured British General Richard Prescott during a midnight raid at Prescott Farm.

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1779 etching depicting American troops under Maj. Gen. John Sullivan advancing toward British positions near Newport during the Rhode Island Campaign of 1778.
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Rhode Island

The August 29, 1778, Battle of Newport, Rhode Island (also sometimes known as the Battle of Quaker Hill or the Siege of Newport) is significant for...
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Rhode Island
Battle Facts
Rhode Island | August 29, 1778
Result: Inconclusive
Estimated Casualties
441
American
181
British
260
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