Battle of Lake Okeechobee

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The Battle of Lake Okeechobee was a major 1837 engagement in Florida between U.S. forces and Seminole warriors that became one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the Second Seminole War.

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Battle of Lake Okeechobee canonical 3
Lake Okeechobee battle 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
aftermath Seminole forces dispersed into the Everglades ⓘ
heavy U.S. casualties forced withdrawal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lake Okeechobee battle ⓘ
belligerent Black Seminoles ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
campaign Zachary Taylor’s 1837 Florida campaign ⓘ
casualtiesSeminole dozens killed and wounded (estimated) ⓘ
casualtiesUS over 100 wounded ⓘ
over 25 killed ⓘ
commander Alligator ⓘ
Coacoochee ⓘ
Sam Jones ⓘ
Zachary Taylor ⓘ
conflict Second Seminole War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1837-12-25 ⓘ
historicalEra Second Seminole War ⓘ
legacy commemorated by historical markers in Florida ⓘ
contributed to Zachary Taylor’s national reputation ⓘ
location Florida Territory ⓘ
near Lake Okeechobee, Florida ⓘ
namedAfter Lake Okeechobee ⓘ
notableFor one of the bloodiest battles of the Second Seminole War ⓘ
one of the largest battles of the Second Seminole War ⓘ
partOf Second Seminole War ⓘ
region south-central Florida ⓘ
result Seminole defensive success ⓘ
U.S. claimed victory ⓘ
tactically inconclusive ⓘ
SeminoleForceStrength approximately 380 warriors ⓘ
SeminoleTactics prepared defensive positions in hammock and swamp ⓘ
terrain swamp and sawgrass ⓘ
typeOfWarfare frontier warfare ⓘ
irregular warfare ⓘ
USCommanderRank Colonel ⓘ
USForceStrength approximately 1,000 soldiers ⓘ
USObjective to engage and defeat Seminole forces in central Florida ⓘ
USUnitsInvolved 1st Infantry Regiment (United States) ⓘ
4th Infantry Regiment (United States) ⓘ
6th Infantry Regiment (United States) ⓘ
Delaware volunteers ⓘ
linked to: Delaware people

Missouri volunteers ⓘ
Tennessee volunteers ⓘ
linked to: Tennessee militia

friendly Native American scouts ⓘ
year 1837 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Seminole War → significantEvent → Battle of Lake Okeechobee ⓘ
Battle of Lake Okeechobee → alsoKnownAs → Lake Okeechobee battle ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lake Okeechobee
U.S. claimed victory → appliesToEvent → Battle of Lake Okeechobee ⓘ
Seminole forces → notableBattle → Battle of Lake Okeechobee ⓘ