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    The Seminole Wars (also known as the Florida Wars) were a series of three military conflicts between the United States and the Seminoles that took place...
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    of a series of conflicts called the Seminole Wars. The Second Seminole War, often referred to as the Seminole War, is regarded as "the longest and most...
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    The Seminole are a Native American people who developed in Florida in the 18th century. Today, they live in Oklahoma and Florida, and comprise three federally...
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    The Black Seminoles, or Afro-Seminoles, are an ethnic group of mixed Native American and African origin associated with the Seminole people in Florida...
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  • groups during the First and Second Seminole Wars. The present-day speakers of Afro-Seminole Creole live in Seminole County, Oklahoma and Brackettville...
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  • The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a federally recognized Seminole tribe based in the U.S. state of Florida. Together with the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma...
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  • stockades" were used at one time or another in Florida, during the Seminole Wars. Most forts were constructed from earth or wood, or both; some incorporate...
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    wildcat") (c. 1807/1810–1857) was a leading Seminole chieftain during the later stages of the Second Seminole War and the nephew of Micanopy. Wild Cat's (Coacoochee)...
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    1781 – c. 1866) was a Seminole-Miccosukee chief, warrior, and shaman who fought against the United States during the Seminole Wars. He was born among the...
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    William Lauderdale (category United States Army personnel of the Seminole Wars)
    planter from a prominent Virginia family. He served in both the War of 1812 and the Seminole Wars. The city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida is named after him....
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  • like the Indian Wars, the Cold War (including the Korean War and the Vietnam War), and the War on Terror (including the Iraq War, the War in Afghanistan...
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    Fort Christmas (category Seminole Wars)
    Christmas was built in present-day Christmas, Florida during the Second Seminole War. Construction began on December 25, 1837, with the arrival of 2,000 U...
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    again between 1855 and 1858, Punta Rassa was in the theater of war during the Seminole Wars. As a result, Fort Dulany (also spelled "Dulaney", "Delany" and...
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    Seminole Wars (1817–1858), a series of three military conflicts between the United States and the Seminole people. During this period, many Seminoles...
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  • provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899. Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America...
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    Andrew Jackson (category United States Army personnel of the Seminole Wars)
    Books. OCLC 1035884705. Missall, John; Missall, Mary Lou (2004). The Seminole Wars: America's Longest Indian Conflict. University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813027152...
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    was the principal location of the Seminole Wars (1816–1858), the longest and most extensive of the American Indian Wars. The state seceded from the Union...
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    Billy Bowlegs (category Native Americans of the Seminole Wars)
    of the Seminoles in Florida during the Second Seminole War and was the remaining Seminole's most prominent chief during the Third Seminole War, when he...
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    Fort Myers, Florida (category Second Seminole War fortifications)
    city takes its name from a local former fort that was built during the Seminole Wars. The fort in turn took its name from Colonel Abraham Myers in 1850;...
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    Osceola (category Native Americans of the Seminole Wars)
    the Creek Wars. There they became part of what was known as the Seminole people. In 1836, Osceola led a small group of warriors in the Seminole resistance...
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    000 Seminoles who were forcibly removed from Florida to Indian Territory, along with 800 Black Seminoles, after the Second Seminole War. The Seminole Nation...
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  • Cornell, Deadliest Indian War in the West: The Snake Conflict 1864–1868 (Caxton Press, 2007) Joe Knetscii Florida's Seminole Wars: 1817–1858 (Florida Historical...
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    Francis L. Dade (category United States Army personnel of the Seminole Wars)
    States Army soldier who served in the War of 1812 and the Seminole Wars. Dade was killed in a battle with Seminole Indians that came to be known as the...
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    Everglades (section Seminole)
    after being forced from northern Florida into the Everglades during the Seminole Wars of the early 19th century. After adapting to the region, they were able...
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    Chipco (category Native Americans of the Seminole Wars)
    (1805-1881) was a 19th-century Seminole Indian chief and warrior. He was one of the most prominent Seminole chiefs during the Seminole Wars, and by the end of the...
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    at first, in order to win the Seminole Wars in Florida, which began in December 1835 and lasted until 1842. After the war, the companies were reduced to...
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    John Horse (category Native Americans of the Seminole Wars)
    John, was a man of mixed African and Seminole ancestry who fought alongside the Seminoles in the Second Seminole War in Florida. He rose to prominence in...
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  • Biography. 77 (3): 327. Retrieved 31 December 2022. Field, Ron (2009). The Seminole Wars, 1818-58. Oxford: Osprey. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-1-84603-461-9. ""Patriot...
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  • in the Everglades National Park, Florida. The film depicts the Second Seminole War (1835-1842). At Fort King, Florida, in 1835, Lieutenant Lance Caldwell...
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  • links, conflicts with the Seminole tribe, and repeated outbreaks of yellow fever made development difficult. The Civil War and Reconstruction caused the...
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