From Wikipedia.
While writing about Duncan Clinch, i saw that he served with Francis Dade. Could this be the Dade for whom Dade County (Miami) was named after? After all, both served in Florida?
Born 1793?. Died December 28, 1835.
Killed during the Second Seminole War during what is known as "The Dade Massacre."
Joined the Army in 1813 and breveted to major in February 1828 in the 4th U.S. Infantry.
After the Second Seminole War, the Army moved his body and those of his men to what is now the St. Augustine (Fla.) National Cemetery.
Miami-Dade County in Florida and Dade counties in Georgia and Missouri are named after him as is Dadeville, Alabama,and Dade City, Florida.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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