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Francis Langhorne Dade (1792 – December 28, 1835) was a Brevet Major in the U.S. 4th Infantry Regiment, United States Army, during the Second Seminole War. Dade was killed in a battle with Seminole Indians that came to be known as the "Dade Massacre".
Amidst a war between the Government of the United States and the Seminole two U.S. Army companies numbering 103 men under the command of Major Francis L. Dade were ambushed by approximately 180 Seminole warriors as they marched from Fort Brooke on Tampa Bay to reinforce Fort King in Ocala.
Dade Massacre. Date in History: 28 Dec 1835. Major General Francis L. Dade’s column of 110 U.S. troops was ambushed by a group of Seminole Indian warriors resulting in the loss of all but a few U.S. soldiers.
On December 23, 1835, Maj. Francis L. Dade led a detachment soldiers on a march from Fort Brooke to Fort King on a replenishment and reinforcement mission.
These were 107 men under the command of Major Francis L. Dade. The major’s force had marched out of Fort Brooke near Tampa Bay six days earlier. They had been ordered to reinforce the garrison at Fort King, built at the site of present-day Ocala.
22 de ene. de 2024 · Major Francis L. Dade, leading a troop detachment to reinforce Fort King, was more focused on the need for soldiers than interpreters, expecting combat with the Seminoles rather than negotiations. Despite this, Dade assigned Pacheco the role of a scout.
Second Seminole War. …December 28, 1835, as Major Francis Dade was leading more than 100 soldiers from Fort Brooke (near Tampa) to Fort King (near present-day Ocala), some 180 Seminoles and their allies ambushed the troops, killing all but three.
