The Scott Battle of 1817: First U.S. Defeat of the Seminole Wars

by Dale Cox

The Scott Battle of 1817 was the first U.S. defeat of the Seminole Wars. Seminole, Red Stick Creek, Miccosukee, Yuchi, and Maroon (Black Seminole) warriors delivered a stunning blow to the United States Army on November 30, 1817, overwhelming a military boat on the Apalachicola River at what I now Chattahoochee, Florida. The engagement was a retaliatory strike for U.S. raids on the Native American community of Fowltown. American troops went to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0578617579
• ISBN13: 9780578617572
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Old Kitchen Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"