ORDER OF BATTLE // January 1, 1836
Battle of Wahoo Swamp
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
1 sides catalogued · combined 2,500 estimated
United States
2,500
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Wahoo Swamp was part of the broader U.S. effort to suppress Seminole resistance during the Second Seminole War. General Richard K. Call led a mixed force of Florida militia, Tennessee volunteers, Creek mercenaries, and U.S. Army and Marine troops against Seminole forces commanded by chiefs Osuchee and Yaholooche in the Wahoo Swamp region of modern Sumter County, Florida. The engagement illustrated the operational complexity of prosecuting the war in interior Florida, where American commanders relied heavily on irregular and allied forces rather than standing federal troops alone. Call's role as territorial governor of Florida as well as military commander reflected the degree to which civil and military authority were intertwined in the territory's conduct of the conflict.
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Fathers and Children: Andrew Jackson and the Subjugation of the American Indian
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Freedom on the Border: The Seminole Maroons in Florida, the Indian Territory, Coahuila, and Texas
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Handbook of the American Frontier: Four Centuries of Indian-White Relationships, The southeastern woodlands
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Indian War Sites: A Guidebook to Battlefields, Monuments, and Memorials, State by State with Canada and Mexico
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Old Times in Tennessee: With Historical, Personal, and Political Scraps and Sketches
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The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890: A Political, Social, and Military History
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