Second Seminole War

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The Second Seminole War was a prolonged 19th-century conflict in Florida between the United States and the Seminole people, fought largely over resistance to forced relocation from their ancestral lands.

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Second Seminole War canonical 54
Seminole resistance movement 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Seminole War
United States–Native American conflict
war
appliesToJurisdiction Florida
surface form: Territory of Florida

United States government
surface form: United States federal government
commander Alexander Macomb
Alligator
Duncan L. Clinch
Jumper
Micanopy
Osceola
Thomas S. Jesup
Winfield Scott
Zachary Taylor
conflictBetween Black Seminoles
Seminole
surface form: Seminole people

United States of America
surface form: United States
describedBySource Seminole oral histories
United States Army
surface form: U.S. Army historical records
endTime 1842
followedBy Third Seminole War
hasCause Indian Removal policy of the United States
Treaty of Payne’s Landing
U.S. desire to end Seminole harboring of escaped enslaved people
U.S. efforts to enforce removal to Indian Territory
disputes over land rights in Florida
resistance to forced relocation of Seminoles
locatedIn Florida
United States of America
surface form: United States
mainBelligerent Seminole
surface form: Black Seminole allies

Florida militia
Seminole warriors
United States Army
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
partOf United States–Native American wars
surface form: Indian Wars

Seminole Wars
precededBy First Seminole War
result U.S. victory
forced removal of most Seminoles from Florida
heavy casualties on both sides
large U.S. financial cost
survival of a small Seminole population in the Florida Everglades
significantEvent Battle of Lake Okeechobee
Battle of Wahoo Swamp
Battle of Withlacoochee
Dade massacre
Fort Mellon engagements
capture of Osceola under a flag of truce
startTime 1835

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Jacksonian era hasPart Second Seminole War
William Tecumseh Sherman servedIn Second Seminole War
Winfield Scott participantIn Second Seminole War
Fort Pickens usedDuring Second Seminole War
Seminole involvedIn Second Seminole War
First Seminole War followedBy Second Seminole War
Zachary Taylor conflict Second Seminole War
Francis L. Dade conflict Second Seminole War
William Jenkins Worth conflict Second Seminole War
Major General Jubal A. Early servedIn Second Seminole War
subject surface form: Jubal A. Early
Joseph E. Johnston militaryConflict Second Seminole War
William J. Hardee conflict Second Seminole War
Nathaniel Lyon servedIn Second Seminole War
James Gadsden conflict Second Seminole War
William Pope Duval militaryConflict Second Seminole War
Seminole Wars hasPart Second Seminole War
Florida militia activeDuring Second Seminole War
Florida militia conflict Second Seminole War
Micanopy conflict Second Seminole War
Micanopy capturedDuring Second Seminole War
Jumper conflict Second Seminole War
Dade massacre partOf Second Seminole War
Battle of Lake Okeechobee partOf Second Seminole War
Battle of Lake Okeechobee conflict Second Seminole War
Battle of Lake Okeechobee historicalEra Second Seminole War
Fort Mellon engagements conflict Second Seminole War
Fort Mellon engagements partOf Second Seminole War
Fort Mellon engagements locatedInTimePeriod Second Seminole War
Black Seminoles conflict Second Seminole War
Third Seminole War follows Second Seminole War
Third Seminole War precededBy Second Seminole War
Osceola participatedIn Second Seminole War
Osceola conflict Second Seminole War
Alligator participatedIn Second Seminole War
Alligator conflict Second Seminole War
Alligator partOf Second Seminole War
this entity surface form: Seminole resistance movement
Duncan L. Clinch conflict Second Seminole War
Battle of Wahoo Swamp conflict Second Seminole War
Battle of Wahoo Swamp partOf Second Seminole War
Battle of Withlacoochee conflict Second Seminole War
Battle of Withlacoochee partOf Second Seminole War
Battle of Withlacoochee era Second Seminole War
Treaty of Moultrie Creek preceded Second Seminole War
Thomas S. Jesup conflict Second Seminole War
Alexander Macomb conflict Second Seminole War
Fort Pike usedDuringConflict Second Seminole War
Fort Cooper State Park historicalEvent Second Seminole War