"Second Seminole War Book Suggestions" Topic

Folks,

I have the following titles and am wanting to know if there are other worthy books I should look into.

Buker, George E. – Swamp Sailors in the Second Seminole War. University Press of Florida, 1975.
de Quesada, Alejandro M., Jr. – The Men of Fort Foster: Enlisted Uniforms, Equipment and Artifacts of the United States Armed Forces, 1835-1842. Pioneer Press, 1996.
Field, Ron – The Seminole Wars, 1818-58. Osprey Publishing, 2009.
Francke, Arthur E., Jr. – Fort Mellon 1837-1842. Banyan Books, 1977.
Francke, Arthur E., Jr. – Secondary Scenarios of the Second Seminole War. Unknown, 1989.
Hudson, Charles – The Southeastern Indians. The University of Tennessee Press, 1989.
Jahoda, Gloria – The Trail of Tears. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975.
Johnson, Michael – American Indians of the Southeast. Osprey Publishing, 1995.
Jones, Kenneth M. – War with the Seminoles 1835-1842. Franklin Watts, Inc., 1975.
Kimball, Christopher D. – Timeline of Events and Battles of the Florida Seminole Wars. Unknown, 2001.
Knetsch, Joe – Florida's Seminole Wars 1817-1858. Arcadia Publishing, 2003.
Konstam, Angus – "Dade's Last Stand, The Opening Shots of the Second Seminole War, 1835". Osprey Military Journal. Osprey Publishing, 2000.
Laumer, Frank – Dade's Last Command. University of Florida Press, 1995.
Littlefield, Daniel F. – Africans and Seminoles. Greenwood Press, 1977.
McReynolds, Edwin C. – The Seminoles. University of Oklahoma Press, 1957.
Mahon, John K. – History of the Second Seminole War. University of Florida Press, 1967.
Peithmann, Irvin M. – The Unconquered Seminole Indians. Great Outdoors Association, 1957.
Peters, Virginia Bergman – The Florida Wars. Archon Books, 1979.
Prucha, Francis Paul – The Sword of the Republic, The United States Army on the Frontier, 1783-1846. University of Nebraska Press, 1969.
Sprague, John T. – The Florida War. University of Tampa Press, 2000.
Urwin, Gregory J.W. – The United States Infantry, An Illustrated History 1775-1918. Sterling Publishing, 1991.
Urwin, Gregory J.W. – The United States Cavalry, An Illustrated History 1776-1944. Blandford Press, 1983.
Walton, George – Fearless and Free, The Seminole Indian War 1835-1842. Bobbs-Merrill, 1977.

I recently finished Charles C Mann 1493, which is mainly a broad look at the Columbian Exchange, a fascinating subject in its own right:

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Mann wrote one long chapter on the African diaspora, including a section on Maroon societies that (briefly) put the Seminole Wars into the context of the Maroon Wars. It gave me a different perspective.

You have a good list.

I would recommend This Miserable Pride of a Soldier: The Letters and Journals of Colonel William S. Foster in the Second Seminole War and Amidst a Storm of Bullets: The Diary of Lt. Henry Prince in Florida 1836-1842.

Rick

I got several books at the Dade's battlefield park book shop. Kimballs Timeline is a valuable tool.

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Here's a few more.

The Second Seminole War and the Limits of American Aggression by C.S. Monaco, 2018.

The Seminole Wars:America's Longest Indian Conflict by John and Mary Lou, 2004.

History of the Third Seminole War:1849-1858 by John Missall, Mary Lou Missall, and Joe Knetsch, 2018.

Notices of Florida and the Campaigns by M.M. Cohen, 1836 (recently republished).

Here's the Seminole Wars Foundation list

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The Missall's website has several books

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