TILLIS MONUMENT
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meme gnome
N 27° 45.030 W 081° 47.395
17R E 422153 N 3069814
AN IMPORTANT SEMINOLE INDIAN WAR BATTLE OCCURRED
ON JUNE 14-16,1856 HERE.
Waymark Code: WM5MBF
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/21/2009
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An important Seminole War battle occurred on June 14-16, 1856, on and near the property of Willoughby Tillis. His house was surrounded by Seminoles who fired at the openings between the logs of the cabin then occupied by Tillis, his wife, their three children, and Thomas Underhill. The Indians killed the 12 horses but were unable to burn down the house.
Two nearby boys heard the shooting and ran to the fort, with seven soldiers returning to confront the Indians, one of which was killed. On the next day, Lt. Streaty Parker and his men moved against the Indians and discovered them on June 16. Five of the 19 soldiers died in the battle, along with as many as 20 of the Seminoles. Lt. Alderman Carlton, William Paker, Lott Whidden, George Howell, and Robert F. Prine are buried here in a common grave.
Although the Seminoles were unsuccessful in burning the property, the Union army was not, leaving the homestead in ashes by the end of the Civil War.
Height: 12 ft..
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