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The museum which details the Seminole War lies 49 feet (15 meters) from the replica of the breastworks and about 600 feet (180 meters) from the northernmost commemorative monuments. [63] The reenactment takes place in a cleared area in the pine woods about 200 yards (meters) from the site of the actual battle. [64]
There is no consensus about the beginning and ending dates for the First Seminole War. The U.S. Army Infantry indicates that it lasted from 1814 until 1819. [80] The U.S. Navy Naval Historical Center gives dates of 1816–1818. [36] Another Army site dates the war as 1817–1818. [81]
The Battle of Lake Okeechobee was one of the major battles of the Seminole Wars.It was fought between 1,000 U.S. Army troops of the 1st, 4th, and 6th Infantry Regiments and 132 Missouri Volunteers under the command of Colonel Zachary Taylor, and about 400 Seminole warriors led by chiefs Abiaka, Billy Bowlegs, and Wild Cat on 25 December 1837.
Pages in category "Battles of the Seminole Wars" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Camp Darley - Second Seminole War fortification. [4] Camp Munroe - Second Seminole War fortification. [5] p. 170. Camp Dunlawton - Second Seminole War fortification - site of the Battle of Dunlawton. [4] Camp Scott, Everglades; Cantonment Clinch, Pensacola; Castillo de San Marcos (also Fort Marion and Fort St. Mark, now a U.S. National Monument)
Dade Monument, St. Augustine National Cemetery The Dade battle (often called the Dade massacre) was an 1835 military defeat for the United States Army.. Under the Indian Removal Act of 1830 the U.S. was attempting to force the Seminoles to move away from their land in Florida provided by the Treaty of Moultrie Creek (following the American annexation of Spanish Florida see the Adams-Onis ...
1838-1843 - Second Seminole War. (Abandoned in the 1880s.) Materials: Pine logs (stockade and blockhouses), and wood framed buildings. Fate: Abandoned in the 1880s. Events: Fort Shannon was built in 1838 as a main supply depot for the U.S. Army. It also served as headquarters for the St. Johns district during the Second Seminole War. Garrison ...
The Second Seminole War, often referred to as the Seminole War, is regarded as "the longest and most costly of the Indian conflicts of the United States". [12] After the Treaty of Payne's Landing in 1832 that called for the Seminoles' removal from Florida, tensions rose until fierce hostilities occurred in Dade's massacre in 1835.