Today in Florida History December 28, Major General Francis L. Dade’s column of 110 U.S. troops was ambushed by a group of Seminole Indian warriors resulting in the loss of all but a few U.S. soldiers. The federal troops were traveling from Fort Brooke in present day Tampa to Fort King near present day Ocala on a reinforce and resupply mission. For months prior tensions were high between the Seminoles and the federal government as...