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Listen: The Latin ProgramBattle of Okeechobee historical marker.
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Inscription reads: "In these woods on Christmas Day 1837, was fought the Battle of Okeechobee, in which a large band of Seminole Indians, under Chief Wild Cat, Alligator, and Sam Jones was routed by a brigade led by Colonel Zachary Taylor, consisting of the First, Fourth and Sixth Regiments of Infantry of the regular Army and the First Regiments of Missouri Volunteers totaling about 800 men. Fighting was close, desperate and bloody. Losses--Seminoles, unknown; Whites, 28 killed, 111 wounded. This action was the turning point of organized resistance in Florida".
Battlefield later added to the National Historic Landmarks Program on July 4, 1961 and to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
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