Seminole Warriors Fought the US Military to a Stalemate in the Florida Swamps During America's Deadliest War Against the Native Americans
On the morning of Dec. 28, 1835, a single gunshot rang out in the central Florida wilderness. Chief Micanopy fired the initial shot before one hundred eighty Seminole warriors hidden in the shrubs opened up on 110 unsuspecting U.S. soldiers. Soon after, 108 soldiers were dead. The Second Seminole War had begun. Fewer than 2,000 […]