To commemorate
the Battle of the 28th, Dec.
1835
between a detachment of
108 U.S. Troops
and
the Seminole Indians
of Florida,
in which
all of the detachment
save three
fell without an attempt
to retreat.
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The remains
of the dead
repose near
St. Augustine,
Florida
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Maj. Dade, 4th Infantry
Capt. Gardiner, 2d Arty.
Capt. Fraser, 3d Arty.
Lieut. Basinger, 2d Arty.
Lieut. Mudge, 3d Arty.
Lieut. Keais, 3d Arty.
Lieut. Henderson, 2d Arty.
Doctor Catlin, Med. Staff
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Erected
by the three regiments
and the medical staff
whose comrades
fell on the 28th, Dec. 1835,
serving their country
and honouring their profession.
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