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1 de sept. de 2021 · After Florida officially joined the Confederacy on February 28, 1861, and the Confederate Army was created on March 6, the Confederate War Department required Florida to contribute men. Five-thousand Floridians filled the Confederate ranks by the end of 1861, leaving the state virtually defenseless.
- Critical Commissary in Florida
Throughout the late Spring and into the Summer of 1863, the...
- Blockade
An article describing the Union blockade of Southern ports...
- The Battle of Olustee
Despite this battle being one of the only major engagements...
- Florida in the Civil War
VIDEO | Lindsey Morrison of the Civil War Trust speaks on...
- Critical Commissary in Florida
In January 1861, Florida became the third Southern state to secede from the Union after the November 1860 presidential election victory of Abraham Lincoln. It was one of the initial seven slave states which formed the Confederacy on February 8, 1861, in advance of the American Civil War.
On February 20, 1864, the largest Civil War battle in Florida occurred near Lake City. It was called the Battle of Olustee. It was a victory for the Confederacy, but did not help win the war.
Political leaders in Florida and throughout the South considered Lincoln’s election the breaking point. If slavery were to survive, the South would have to leave the Union. In many respects, Florida remains the forgotten state of the Confederacy.
By early 1862, Federal forces began to seize a series of poorly defended Southern coastal towns, including St. Augustine. On February 28th, 26 U.S Navy ships sailed from Hilton Head, South Carolina’s Department of the South headquarters to occupy Fernandina, Jacksonville, and St. Augustine.
Florida was so far south it had its own Civil War. The occupation of defensive Jacksonville in March of 1862 opened the possibility of an invasion of Union gunboats down the St. Johns River to attack Palatka and the citrus region.
17 de jul. de 2024 · This text traces the growth and social development of the Florida frontier through its experience with crime and punishment. Using court records, government documents, newspapers and personal papers, it explores how crime affected ordinary citizens in antebellum Florida.
