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3,000 [10][11] up to 5,500. The Second Seminole War, also known as the Florida War, was a conflict from 1835 to 1842 in Florida between the United States and groups of people collectively known as Seminoles, consisting of Creek and Black Seminoles as well as other allied tribes (see below). It was part of a series of conflicts called the ...
Fort Fulton – a blockhouse style fortification used by militia volunteers and U.S. Army troops during the Second Seminole War - (artist's depiction). / 29.6744528°N 81.2542361°W / 29.6744528; -81.2542361. Fort Fulton was established on February 21, 1840, between Old Kings Road and Pellicer Creek (west of present-day U.S. Highway 1 ...
Early in the Second Seminole War, the strategically located town of Palatka, Florida Territory was attacked and burned by a group of Seminole Indians and their allies. Most surviving white settlers and black slaves fled to St. Augustine for safety, and the area was mostly abandoned except for free roaming groups of Seminole Indians and their ...
Fort Foster (now known as Fort Foster Historic Site) is a Second Seminole War era fort in central Florida, located 9 miles (14 km) south of current-day Zephyrhills in Pasco County. Fort Foster was originally built in December 1836 under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel William S. Foster on the site of Fort Alabama. On December 1, 1836 ...
Garrison. Regular army troops. Fort Peyton was a stockaded fort built in August 1837 by the United States Army, one of a chain of military outposts created during the Second Seminole War for the protection of the St. Augustine area in Florida Territory. [1] Established by Maj. Gen. Thomas Jesup, it was garrisoned by regular army troops.
A 2007 historical fiction that takes place around the time of the First and Second Seminole Wars. [165] Distant Drums, A 1951 film starring Gary Cooper. Shot on location in Florida and takes place during the Second Seminole War. [166] Seminole, A 1953 movie starring Rock Hudson and Barbara Hale that takes place during the Second Seminole War. [167]
Fort Clinch is a 19th-century brick fortress begun in 1847 after the end of the Second Seminole War. It was named in honor of General Duncan Lamont Clinch, important figure in the First and Second Seminole Wars. No battles were fought at Fort Clinch. Confederate troops occupied the incomplete fort in 1861 when Union forces were withdrawn from ...
Strength. 100 (per Mahon) 150 (per Yelton) estimated 300. Casualties and losses. 1 killed. 5 wounded. The Battle of San Felasco Hammock took place during the Second Seminole War, fought by Florida 's Seminole Indians to prevent their removal to the Arkansas Territory in accordance with the Indian Removal Act of 1830.