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Battle of Lake Okeechobee
Part of Second Seminole War
DateDecember 25, 1837
Location
Lake Okeechobee, Florida
27°12′45.44″N 80°47′6.43″W / 27.2126222°N 80.7851194°W / 27.2126222; -80.7851194
Result See aftermath
Belligerents
Battle of Lake Okeechobee United States Seminole
Commanders and leaders

Zachary Taylor
Richard Gentry 
William Stanhope Foster

Alexander R. Thompson 
Halpatter Tustenuggee (Alligator)
Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco)
Abiaca
Strength
1,100 400
Casualties and losses
26 killed
112 wounded
11 killed
14 wounded

The Battle of Lake Okeechobee was one of the major battles of the Second Seminole War. It was fought between 800 troops of the 1st, 4th, and 6th Infantry Regiments and 132 Missouri Volunteers (under the command of Colonel Zachary Taylor), and between 380 and 480 Seminoles led by Billy Bowlegs, Abiaca, and Halpatter Tustenuggee (Alligator) on 25 December 1837. Halpatter Tustenuggee had played a major role in the Dade Battle two years earlier. The Seminole warriors were resisting forced relocation to a reservation in Oklahoma. Though both the Seminoles and Taylor's troops emerged from the battle claiming victory, Taylor was promoted to the rank of brigadier general as a result, and his nickname of "Old Rough and Ready" came mostly due to this battle.

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