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Florida in the Civil War

Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and ...

A Guide to Civil War Records - Florida Memory

This guide is to identify and describe the state, federal, and private records pertaining to Florida's Civil War era (1860-1865) housed at the State Archives ...

Florida Memory • Civil War

Florida played an important role in the war as a supplier of beef and salt to Confederate forces and as a major area of operations for many of the Union's ...

Florida Memory • Civil War

The immediate impetus for Florida's movement towards secession and civil war was the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of the United States.

Florida Memory • Civil War

In commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, the Department of State's State Library and Archives of Florida presents “Distant Storm: ...

Significant Documents - Civil War Period - Florida Memory

Searchable collections of manuscripts, war records, historic images, vital statistics, audio and video recordings from the State Library and Archives of ...

Florida Memory • Civil War

After the Civil War began with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, Florida would need to muster all of its resources to defend itself.

Florida Memory • Guide to Military Records and the Wartime ...

The last significant battle of the Civil War in Florida occurred at Natural Bridge, near St. Marks in March 1865. It was a key Confederate victory; but the war ...

Florida Memory • Civil War

On the night of October 8, 1861, 1,000 Confederates crossed the harbor, landed on Santa Rosa, and attacked the Union camp. The Confederates overran the camp, ...

The Civil War in Florida - Division of Library and Information Services

"Tell Them I Died Like a Confederate Soldier: Finegan's Florida Brigade at Cold Harbor." Florida Historical Quarterly 69 (October 1990). Florida Memory. Civil ...

Distant Storm: Florida's Role in the Civil War - Florida Memory

Florida's membership in the United States was a distant memory for Floridians at the fighting fronts in Virginia and Tennessee. Even though Florida could ...

Florida Memory Florida's Role in the Civil War: June 7, 2012

Guest panelists Dr. R. Boyd Murphree, Katrina Harkness, Jonathon Grandage.

Hidden History of Civil War Florida (2022)

To satisfy curiosity, Redd makes suggestions for further reading that range from published monographs to the Florida Memory Project and the ...

FLORIDA HISTORY RESOURCES: AMH 4930 Civil War in Florida

The State Archives of Florida has created a first-rate guide to conducting research into society and culture in Florida during the Civil War ...

Distant Storm: Florida's Role in the Civil War - Florida Memory

Civil War. M. S. Perry to F. W. Pickens, January 12, 1861. Transcript. Executive Department January 12th 1861. His Excellency Gov ...

Civil War and Reconstruction - Museum of Florida History

... Civil War impacted people's lives in Florida. Directions. Read the memoir excerpt on page 21 or on the Florida Memory web site at (www.floridamemory.com ...

Distant Storm: Florida's Role in the Civil War - Florida Memory

Distant Storm: Florida's Role in the Civil War. A Sesquicentennial Exhibit. Preamble and Resolutions of the Southern Convention, November 18, 1850.

Distant Storm: Florida's Role in the Civil War - Florida Memory

Distant Storm: Florida's Role in the Civil War. A Sesquicentennial Exhibit. Florida Convention of the People, Ordinance of Secession, 1861.

Guide to AMH 4930 Civil War in Florida: Introductory Materials

Boyd Murphree and Dr. David Coles provide a context and framework for how the Civil War affected Florida, what happened in Florida, and the role ...

History of Olustee - Florida State Parks

Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park commemorates the site of Florida's largest Civil War battle ... Battle of Olustee, courtesy of Florida Memory Project.