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Dade Massacre Battle Remembered at West Point Marker
The piece recounts the 1835 Dade Massacre during the Seminole War, detailing Major Dade, Captain Gardiner, and Lt. Bassinger among the slain after a Seminole ambush near Fort King. It notes the monument at West Point honoring the 108 troops who fell, with Osceola and Micanopy among the Seminole leaders.
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United States Military Academy
West Point
Florida
Dade God
Dade
Gardiner
Lieurcenant
Hassinger
Studie
Keain
Henderson
Gatlio
St. Augustine
Herotgrm
United States
Mississippi River
Osceola
Merida
Fort Brooke
Hillsboro Bay
Tampa
Fort King
Wichlacoochee River
Key West
Cade
Frazer
Mudge
Miesnopy
Major Cade
King bin
Afudge
Lienderson
Keals
Bass
Bassiner
Ittle Fort