Dade’s Battle

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Dade’s Battle was an 1835 ambush in Florida during the Second Seminole War, in which Seminole warriors nearly annihilated a U.S. Army detachment, helping ignite the broader conflict.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Dade 2
Dade Battle 1
Dade’s Battle canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ambush ⓘ
battle ⓘ
event in the Second Seminole War ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent Black Seminoles ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
combatantStrengthSeminole approximately 180 Seminole and Black Seminole warriors ⓘ
combatantStrengthUS approximately 110 U.S. soldiers and officers ⓘ
commander Alligator ⓘ
Jumper ⓘ
Major Francis L. Dade ⓘ
linked to: Francis L. Dade

Micanopy ⓘ
commemoratedAt Dade Battlefield Historic State Park ⓘ
conflict Second Seminole War ⓘ
countryAtTime United States Territory of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Florida Territory
date 28 December 1835 ⓘ
describedAs key early victory for the Seminoles in Florida ⓘ
one of the opening engagements of the Second Seminole War ⓘ
hasAlias Battle of Dade ⓘ
linked to: Dade’s Battle

Dade Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Dade massacre
hasCause U.S. efforts to remove Seminoles from Florida ⓘ
enforcement of the Treaty of Payne’s Landing ⓘ
hasEffect escalation of the Second Seminole War ⓘ
galvanized U.S. public opinion about the Seminole conflict ⓘ
prompted increased U.S. military operations in Florida ⓘ
hasLegacy studied as example of successful ambush tactics in U.S. military history ⓘ
symbol of Seminole resistance ⓘ
historicalPeriod Jacksonian era ⓘ
location near present-day Bushnell, Florida ⓘ
territory of Florida ⓘ
memorial Dade Battlefield Historic State Park ⓘ
militaryTheater Florida frontier ⓘ
namedAfter Major Francis L. Dade ⓘ
linked to: Francis L. Dade
notableFeature few U.S. survivors ⓘ
heavy U.S. casualties ⓘ
surprise attack on marching U.S. column ⓘ
opponentOf United States government policy of Seminole removal ⓘ
partOf Second Seminole War ⓘ
relatedTo Indian removal in the United States ⓘ
Seminole resistance to removal ⓘ
Treaty of Payne’s Landing ⓘ
result decisive Seminole victory ⓘ
near annihilation of U.S. Army detachment ⓘ
SeminoleCasualtiesKilled relatively light ⓘ
USCasualtiesKilled over 100 ⓘ
year 1835 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Dade massacre → alsoKnownAs → Dade’s Battle ⓘ
Dade’s Battle → hasAlias → Battle of Dade ⓘ
linked to: Dade’s Battle
Dade’s Massacre → alsoKnownAs → Dade Battle ⓘ
linked to: Dade’s Battle
Dade Battlefield Historic State Park → commemorates → Battle of Dade ⓘ
linked to: Dade’s Battle