The ambush marked the outbreak of the protracted and costly Second Seminole War, undermining U.S. efforts to enforce Indian removal in Florida and prompting a major military and political response.
On December 28, 1835, Seminole warriors ambushed a U.S. Army detachment led by Major Francis L. Dade in central Florida, killing or wounding most of the soldiers.
The ambush marked the outbreak of the protracted and costly Second Seminole War, undermining U.S. efforts to enforce Indian removal in Florida and prompting a major military and political response.
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