SW086 Seminole Martial Prowess, Resilience, and Sheer Stubborness Stymied Army Removal Efforts

Courtesy Hendry County newspaper photo. Seminole's shot arrows in addition to firing rifle rounds. When black powder ran low, they could still engage soldiers, often stealthily, with arrows to some great effect from behind trees and scrub. 

We have long looked in this series at the US military’s various efforts to removal the Seminoles to the Oklahoma territory. We have looked at the Army’s skirmishes, battles, campaigns, and the overall war effort. In all of these, the Seminoles have too often been side players. Seminole takes center stage in this episode.

We will learn who the Seminole were; where Osceola fit into the tribe; how Seminole who chose to remove get out safely from Florida; how Seminole who chose to stay and fight eventually get out safely when captured; how Seminole engaged in battles; and how they separated into smaller bands to stymie U.S. Army removal sorties.

Seminole Wars autodidact Jesse Marshall returns to explain it all.

Host Patrick Swan is a board member with the Seminole Wars Foundation. He is a combat veteran and of the U.S. Army, serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Kosovo, and at the Pentagon after 9/11. A military historian, he holds masters degrees in Public History, Communication, and Homeland Security, and is a graduate of the US Army War College with an advanced degree in strategic studies. This podcast is recorded at the homestead of the Seminole Wars Foundation in Bushnell, Florida. 

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