The First Seminole War broke out on November 21, 1816, when American troops attacked a Seminole village in southern Georgia. Like previous fights, the soldiers, or more often militia, came looking ...

Some Indian nations simply refused to leave their land -- the Creeks and the Seminoles even waged war to protect their territory. The First Seminole War lasted from 1817 to 1818. The Seminoles ...

In the first U.S. armed intervention in Asia ... the Cayuse to surrender and hangs five people. 1855-1858: Third Seminole War Brigadier General William S. Harney subdues Billy Bowlegs and ...