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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Florida, (search)
gree to withdraw south of the Hillsboro River, and prepare at once to emigrate to the West......March 6, 1837 General Hernandez captures two camps of Indians and negroes......Sept. 10, 1837 General Hernandez, by order of General Jesup, captures Osceola and sends him to Fort Moultrie, S. C., as a prisoner......Oct. 21, 1837 General Taylor routs a large Indian force at Okeechobee Lake......Dec. 25, 1837 Battle at Wacassassa River......Dec. 26, 1837 Action with Seminoles at Jupiter Inlet; General Jesup wounded......Jan. 24, 1838 General Jesup offering peace, many Indians come into camp, agreeing to let the President decide whether they remain in the country or not......February, 1838 President determining to enforce the treaties, General Jesup captures about 700 Indians and negroes......March 22, 1838 Over 1,000 Indians removed to the Western reservation......1838 Gen. Zachary Taylor takes command in Florida, General Jesup retiring......May 15, 1838 Territ
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical: officers of civil and military organizations. (search)
the chase in that wild region. In 1825 he was appointed a cadet to West Point, entering it as one of nine Virginians, another being Robert E. Lee, who was two weeks his senior. They graduated together, being the only two of the nine who endured to the end, and there they formed the friendship which they had inherited from their fathers of the Legion—a friendship which was co-extensive with their eventful lives. Johnston's first military service was in the Seminole war. In a fight near Jupiter Inlet, a small body of soldiers and sailors under Lieutenant Powell was surprised by an Indian force and put to flight. It would have been annihilated but for Johnston's skill and bravery. He rallied a few regulars, interposed them as a rear-guard and covered the retreat. He was severely wounded and his clothing had thirty bullet-holes in it. On July 10, 1845, he married Lydia McLane, daughter of Louis McLane of Baltimore, but the outbreak of the Mexican war the next year carried him awa
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