Alachua Ambush

<p>Never before published letters and accounts of Florida's Second Seminole War bring to life the bloodiest battles and events. For a long time the mistaken belief was that the last battle was on Lake Okeechobee on Christmas Day 1837. How wrong that is! </p><p>Captain Gabriel Rains tests land mines on the Seminole warriors near Fort King and they hit back with a bloody battle where he is nearly killed.</p><p>James Sanderson was a veteran of the War of 1812. An enlisted man promoted to lieutenant with recommendations of all the officers in the regiment. His experience proved no match against a deadly ambush.</p><p>Mrs. Montgomery was 19 years old and daughter of the richest businessman in Cincinnati. She took a Sunday ride out of Fort Micanopy to her death that was reported around the country.</p><p>Miccosukee war leader Coacoochee has an epic victory party on a plantation near St. Augustine. Army Dragoons attempt to track him but run into a dead-end in the swamp.</p><p>Slaves George and Joe are put on trial in St. Augustine for supplying gunpowder to the Indians.</p><p>The Seminole matriarch Old Betsy bravely negotiates with the soldiers.</p><p>All these stories are straight from letters and army reports in 1840 and many have never been published.</p>