William Jenkins Worth was an American officer during the War of 1812, the Second Seminole War, and the Mexican–American War.
General William Jenkins Worth by Mathew Brady
Worth at the Battle of Monterrey, 1846
Monument on Worth Square
Monument on Worth Square in Manhattan
The Second Seminole War, also known as the Florida War, was a conflict from 1835 to 1842 in Florida between the United States and groups of people collectively known as Seminoles, consisting of American Indians and Black Indians. It was part of a series of conflicts called the Seminole Wars. The Second Seminole War, often referred to as the Seminole War, is regarded as "the longest and most costly of the Indian conflicts of the United States". After the Treaty of Payne's Landing in 1832 that called for the Seminole's removal from Florida, tensions rose until fierce hostilities occurred in the Dade battle in 1835. This conflict started the war. The Seminoles and the U.S. forces engaged in mostly small engagements for more than six years. By 1842, only a few hundred native peoples remained in Florida. Although no peace treaty was ever signed, the war was declared over on August 14, 1842.
Rampage during the Second Seminole War.
This view of a Seminole village shows the log cabins they lived in prior to the disruptions of the Second Seminole War.
White settlers massacred by the Seminoles. From an 1836 book.
Illustration from an 1836 book on the murder of a woman by Seminoles