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
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Seminole Wars
First Seminole War
Watering Hole Massacre
Battle of Negro Fort
Battle of Suwanee
Fort Barrancas
Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident
Second Seminole War
Dade battle
Ouithlacoochie
San Felasco Hammock
Wahoo Swamp
Lake Okeechobee
Jupiter Inlet
Pine Island Ridge
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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