Life was hardly easy at any of the three forts. Between 1839 and 1842, the year the Second Seminole War ended, 14 Third Artillery soldiers died, five from battle wounds, three from diarrhea ...

In February 1858, Lt. Charles H. Webb of Company E, First Artillery, took command at Fort Jupiter during the final months of the Third Seminole War. The conflict was declared over by the U.S ...

Though Fort Christmas was only used for a handful ... the Seminole Tribe continued until 1858 with the end of the Third Seminole War. From the perspective of the tribe, the story reads a little ...

Fort Cummings was set up in present-day Davenport as a place to negotiate the end of the war with the Seminoles. Seminole Chief Billy Bowlegs, who was the central character in the Third Seminole ...

The stretch of forts constructed under Maj. Gen. Twiggs’ command were abandoned only a year after opening. In 1856, during the Third Seminole War, Fort Hamer was once again used in service ...

The young beachcomber discovered remains of the third and last Fort Lauderdale, which was built during the Second Seminole War in the 1830s. These days, Fort Lauderdale's roots are buried so deep ...

The Army also built new forts. By August 1841 ... the Florida wilds when warfare finally ended in a draw after a Third Seminole War in 1858. Coacoochee, then 49, had died in 1857 in Mexico.

By Christmas Day, Florida found itself engulfed in the Third Seminole War. Of course ... Trade was cut off with the Seminoles, new forts were established, settlement was allowed closer to Indian ...