Lost Military
Dade's Massacre
1835 · Lost unit · Near Bushnell, FL
FoundWhere. Near Bushnell, FL
Status. Found
Status. Found
The account
Seminole warriors ambushed two Army companies (108 men); only three survived, igniting the Second Seminole War.
Leads, where the trail points now
- The site is documented at Near Bushnell, FL; the open questions now are access and what remains, not where it is.
- Preserved as Dade Battlefield Historic State Park, relic hunting/digging prohibited.
- What is there: study the documented surveys of Dade's Massacre before going.
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