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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Dade Massacre (28 Dec 1835) - A Seminole War Battle fought between a U.S. Army expedition traveling from Fort Dade to Fort King commanded by Bvt Major Francis L. Dade and Seminole forces under Chiefs Micanopy and Thlocklo Tustenuggee (Alligator). The result was a tactical victory for the Seminoles but strategically it signaled the beginning of the Second Seminole War which resulted in the removal of most of the Seminoles to Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The action was deemed to be a massacre because the Seminoles refused an offer of surrender and they methodically killed the survivors including the wounded. Four expedition members survived the battle, one of those was killed the next day, one was captured and kept by the Seminole and two managed to make it back to Fort Dade. The battle was fought near present-day Bushnell in Sumter County, Florida.
Battle Casualties
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U.S. Forces
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Seminole
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Total
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| Total Engaged
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110
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180
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290
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| Killed
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108
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3
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111
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| Wounded
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1
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5
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6
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| Total Casualties
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110
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8
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118
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| Source: Various
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Dade Command Battle Survivors
| Name
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Unit
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Result
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| Private Edward Decourcey |
Company B, 2nd Artillery |
Killed the next day on way back
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| Private Ransom Clark |
Company B, 2nd Artillery |
Returned to Fort Brooke Wounded
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| Private John Thomas |
Company B, 2nd Artillery |
Returned to Fort Brooke before the battle after a back injury
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| Private Joseph Sprague |
Company B, 3rd Artillery |
Returned to Fort Brooke Wounded
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| Luis Pacheco |
mulatto slave |
Guided the expedition captured by Indians
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bodies of eight officers and ninety-eight non-commissioned officers and men original list
two more in the west point list
Dade Command Officers
| Rank
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Name
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Cullum
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Unit
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Notes
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| Bvt Major |
Francis L. Dade |
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4th Regiment Infantry |
Killed by 1st Shot from Micanopy
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| Captain |
Upton S. Fraser |
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B Company 3rd Artillery |
Killed in 1st Volley
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| Captain |
George W. Gardiner |
(Cullum 91) |
C Company 2nd Artillery |
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| 1st Lieutenant |
William E. Bassinger |
(Cullum 588) |
2nd Regiment Artillery |
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| 2nd Lieutenant |
Robert Rich Mudge |
(Cullum 720) |
3rd Regiment Artillery |
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| Bvt 2nd Lieutenant |
John L.Keais |
(Cullum 799) |
3rd Regiment Artillery |
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| Bvt 2nd Lieutenant |
Richard Henderson |
(Cullum 797) |
2nd Regiment Artillery |
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Current Status
Part of Dade Battlefield Historic State Park, Sumter County, Florida
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Location: Dade Battlefield Historic State Park near Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida.
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Lat: 28.652222 Long: -82.126667
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