✦ History

Part of American Indian Wars

Seminole Wars

1816 – 1858 · Florida

Result Most Seminoles removed from Florida, a few small bands remained

The United States fought three wars against the Seminole people of Florida. The wars forced most Seminoles to move west to Indian Territory, but some stayed in the Everglades.

On the map Contemporaries

United States

Seminole

United States
Choctaw Nation
Muscogee Confederacy
Seminole
Winfield Scott belligerent leader Franklin Pierce belligerent leader Zachary Taylor belligerent leader John Tyler belligerent leader Martin Van Buren belligerent leader William Henry Harrison belligerent leader Andrew Jackson belligerent leader Edmund P. Gaines belligerent leader
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Duncan Lamont Clinch belligerent leader William J. Worth belligerent leader William S. Harney belligerent leader
Ar-pi-uck-i military commander Osceola belligerent leader Micanopy military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
1,500

Units

4th Infantry Regiment (United States) 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery E

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