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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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    Seminoles, consisting of American Indians and Black Indians. It was part of a series of conflicts called the Seminole Wars. The Second Seminole War,...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • This is a list of wars and rebellions involving the United States of America. Currently, there are 108 wars on this list, 4 of which are ongoing.   USA...
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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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    William Lauderdale (category United States Army personnel of the Seminole Wars)
    planter-soldier from a prominent Virginia family. He served in both the War of 1812 and the Seminole Wars. William Lauderdale was born around 1782, the third son of...
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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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    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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    of the United States History of Florida List of governors of Florida Seminole Wars, 1817–1858 Spanish Florida Territorial evolution of the United States...
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    and was the principal location of the Seminole Wars (1816–1858), the longest and most extensive of the Indian Wars in U.S. history. The state seceded from...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Chipco (category 19th-century Seminole people)
    Emathla, was a 19th century Seminole chief and warrior. He was one of the most prominent Seminole chiefs during the Seminole Wars, and by the end of the conflict...
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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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  • "Seminole Wind" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released in August 1992 as the fourth single and...
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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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    Duncan Lamont Clinch (category United States Army personnel of the Seminole Wars)
    during the War of 1812, and First and Second Seminole Wars. In 1816, he led an attack on Negro Fort, the first battle of the Seminole Wars. Clinch later...
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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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  • David Moniac (category United States Army personnel of the Seminole Wars)
    was encouraging Army officers to resign, as in 1821, the War of 1812 and First Seminole Wars over, Congress had cut the size of the Army and West Point...
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