Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park in Okeechobee County, Florida

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Okeechobee County attraction

Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park

Okeechobee County · Central Florida

The ground where the largest battle of the Second Seminole War was fought on Christmas Day 1837, at 3500 Southeast 38th Avenue.

ABOUT THIS PLACE

Colonel Zachary Taylor brought about eleven hundred men here, a thousand regulars from three infantry regiments and a hundred and thirty-two Missouri volunteers. Waiting for him were roughly four hundred Seminole warriors under Abiaka, Billy Bowlegs, Halpatter Tustenuggee, known as Alligator, and Wild Cat, dug in behind a belt of sawgrass and mud that the soldiers had to wade. The Seminole shot at the officers deliberately. Twenty-six soldiers were killed and a hundred and twelve wounded; the Seminole lost eleven killed and fourteen wounded, and held long enough for their families to get clear of the camp before withdrawing. Taylor then marched more than a hundred miles back to Tampa and the planned push south was over. The site was made a National Historic Landmark in the 1960s. It is open ground and marsh with rough walking trails, a picnic area and a chickee. Open Wednesday to Sunday, eight until five, free except during the reenactment each February

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