COMMANDER // 1793–1835
Francis Dade
United States1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1793 – 1835
Active service 1835 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 42.
Profile
Major Francis Langhorne Dade was a United States Army officer who served in the War of 1812 and the Seminole Wars. Dade was killed in an ambush by Seminole warriors that came to be known as the Dade battle, the first engagement of the Second Seminole War, and one of the worst U.S. military defeats at the hands of Native Americans. After his death, Dade became the namesake of several places, most notably Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Battles (1)
1835
Dade MassacreSecond Seminole War · United States