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The Battle of Marianna was a small but significant engagement on September 27, 1864, in the panhandle of Florida during the American Civil War. The Union destruction against Confederates and militia defending the town of Marianna was the culmination of a substantial Federal cavalry raid into northwestern Florida. Ultimately, the Union force ...
Florida participated in the American Civil War as a member of the Confederate States of America.It had been admitted to the United States as a slave state in 1845. In January 1861, Florida became the third Southern state to secede from the Union after the November 1860 presidential election victory of Abraham Lincoln.
Some historians suggest that these were the first shots fired by United States forces in the Civil War. On January 10, 1861, the day Florida seceded from the Union, the garrison evacuated Fort Barrancas to the dilapidated but more defensible Fort Pickens.
Map of Natural Bridge Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.. The Battle of Natural Bridge was fought during the American Civil War in what is now Woodville, Florida near Tallahassee on March 6, 1865.
The Battle of Fort Brooke was a minor engagement fought October 16–18, 1863 in and around Tampa, Florida during the American Civil War. [1] The most important outcome of the action was the destruction of two Confederate blockade runners which had been hidden upstream on the Hillsborough River .
Pages in category "Battles of the American Civil War in Florida" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
St. Andrew Bay was the location of a large number of saltworks critical for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.Edward Crissey, in command of the steamboat USS Bloomer, which he had been instrumental in stealing from her berth near Geneva, Alabama, helped destroy numerous salt works, doing great damage to the Confederate war effort.
Map of Tampa Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.. The Battle of Tampa, also known as the "Yankee Outrage at Tampa", [2] was a minor engagement of the American Civil War fought June 30 – July 1, 1862, between the United States Navy and a Confederate artillery company charged with "protecting" the village of Tampa, Florida.