The Second Seminole War and the Limits of American Aggression by C. S. Monaco

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 594-596
Author(s):  
Deborah A. Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Second Seminole War

The Second Seminole War and the Limits of American Aggression

2019 ◽  
Vol 105 (4) ◽  
pp. 1006-1007
Author(s):  
James Taylor Carson
Keyword(s):  
Second Seminole War

The Second Seminole War

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Eugene Rivers
Keyword(s):  
Major Objective ◽  
Slave Rebellion ◽  
Second Seminole War ◽  
Race War

The chapter discusses how Florida′s experience with slavery from 1821 to 1865 evolved within an environment that was filled with the threat of race war, the actuality of race war, or the legacies of race war. Patterns of resistance that developed in the territory and state during that period also derived from that environment. It can be argued with credibility that the nation′s largest slave rebellion marked the midpoint of that era, an event so profound that no Floridian could have escaped its impact in one way or another. Known to history as the Second Seminole War, this significant but often neglected conflict came about through the leadership of maroons and was supported by hundreds of rebelling slaves. The major objective of Florida′s combatants involved not the complete overthrow of slavery but the safeguarding of individual and family freedom and of homes and homelands from white encroachment.

Leaping the Mark

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-51
Author(s):  
Brian Holden Reid
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
Military Education ◽  
Army Officer ◽  
Military Law ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Second Seminole War ◽  
Concerned Party

This chapter discusses how, almost from the moment he graduated, William T. Sherman came under pressure to think about leaving the Army. When asked why he did not resign, he gave a forthright answer in 1842: “Why should I? It is the profession for which my education alone fits me, and as all the appearances indicate the rapid approach of action when the soldier will be required to do his proper labor, when a splendid field will be spread before him, every reason exists why I should remain.” The “action” Sherman referred to was the Second Seminole War (1835–42) in Florida. Sherman’s posting to Fort Pierce threw him into his first taste of warfare. He very quickly grasped the nature of this war and the Seminole tactics that had defied the best military minds in America. In June of 1842, the Regiment found itself on the move again, posted to Fort Moultrie, Charleston, South Carolina. Sherman’s main duty consisted of appearing in court martials, as his grasp of military law impressed all. While clinging to the profession he liked best, he developed two attitudes that underwrote his army life. The first concerned party politics, while the second matter involved religion. Both these qualities would be needed by a successful attorney. Yet he remained an army officer and these studies became an important part of his continuing military education.

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