Second Seminole War

Second Seminole War
	Part of the Seminole Wars and Indian removal
	; Rampage during the Second Seminole War.
Date	December 23, 1835 – August 14, 1842; (6 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Florida, United States
Result	Nominal end to conflict; no peace treaty; approimately 4,000 Seminoles forcibly transported to Indian Territory; approximately 575 Seminoles remained in Florida; unresolved conflict led to Third Seminole War in 1855.
Belligerents
United States Creek (1836-37)	Seminole
Commanders and leaders
Andrew Jackson; Martin Van Buren; William Henry Harrison; John Tyler; Duncan Lamont Clinch; Francis L. Dade (1835) †; Winfield Scott (1836); David Moniac (1836) †; Richard Keith Call (1836); Richard Gentry (1837) †; Alexander R. Thompson(1837) †; Thomas S. Jesup (1836–38); Zachary Taylor (1838–40); Walker Keith Armistead (1840–41); William Jenkins Worth (1841–42);	Abiaka; Osceola; Chipco; Micanopy; John Horse; Holata Mico (Billy Bowlegs); Coacoochee (Wild Cat); Halleck Tustenuggee; Halpatter Tustenuggee (Alligator); Thlocklo Tustenuggee (Tiger Tail);
Strength
More than 9,000 in 1837 cumulative 10,169 regulars, 30,000 militia and volunteers; 776 Creeks	900–1,400 warriors in 1835, fewer than 100 in 1842 6,000 up to 10,000 total population in 1835
Casualties and losses
1,600 regular troops, unknown militia and civilian	3,000 up to 5,500

The Second Seminole War, also known as the Florida War, was a conflict from 1835 to 1842 in Florida between the United States and groups of people collectively known as Seminoles, consisting of Creek and Black Seminoles as well as other allied tribes (see below). It was part of a series of conflicts called the Seminole Wars. The Second Seminole War, often referred to as the Seminole War, is regarded as "the longest and most costly of the Indian conflicts of the United States". After the Treaty of Payne's Landing in 1832 that called for the Seminoles' removal from Florida, tensions rose until fierce hostilities occurred in Dade's massacre in 1835. This engagement officially started the war although there were a series of incidents leading up to the Dade battle. The Seminoles and the U.S. forces engaged in mostly small engagements for more than six years. By 1842, only a few hundred native peoples remained in Florida. Although no peace treaty was ever signed, the war was declared over on August 14, 1842, by Colonel William Jenkins Worth.