DADE INDIAN WARS MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: ST. AUGUSTINE NATIONAL CEMETERY-104 MARINE STREET
City: SAINT AUGUSTINE
State: Florida
Zip Code: 32084
Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument
Access: Cemetery
Wars Commemorated: INDIAN WARS
Photograph By: JAMES R. MURRAY
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
106 OFFICERS AND MEN UNDER COMMAND OF MAJOR FRANCIS L. DADE, COMPANY B, 4TH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, WERE AMBUSHED BY HOSTILE INDIANS ON DECEMBER 29, 1835. ALL BUT TWO MEN WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACK. THE REMAINS OF MAJOR DADE ARE INTERRED UNDER THIS MEMORIAL.
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