Memoir of Reconnaissances with Maps During the Florida Campaign, 4/1854 - 2/1858
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Bowlegs, Billy, 1808?-1863 or 1864
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Billy Bowlegs (ca. 1810-ca. 1864), Seminole chief who led the third and final Seminole war against the whites of Florida, also known as the Billy Bowlegs war of 1855-1858, was born on the Alachua savannah in Florida. He was a direct descendant of Secoffee, originally a Creek chief who migrated to Florida from the Creek homelands in Alabama and Georgia and later founded the Seminole nation. The names of Billy Bowlegs's father, mother, and other family members are unknown. A striking feature of...
