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848 wounded. 8 captured/missing) [1] The Battle of Olustee or Battle of Ocean Pond was fought in Baker County, Florida on February 20, 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the largest battle fought in Florida during the war. Union General Truman Seymour had landed troops at Jacksonville, aiming chiefly to disrupt Confederate food supply.
70000177. Added to NRHP. August 12, 1970. Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park is a Florida State Park in the Osceola National Forest, near the town of Olustee. The site of Florida's largest Civil War battle, the Battle of Olustee. The park is located 50 miles (80 km) west of Jacksonville and 15 miles (24 km) east of Lake City, on U.S. 90.
Olustee. The Battle of Olustee was the only major Civil War battle fought in Florida. Quincy Gillmore selected Brigadier General Truman Seymour for an invasion of Florida, landing in Jacksonville on February 7. [66] Joseph Finegan skirmished with Union forces at Barber's Ford and Lake City on February 10 and 11. [67]
In the summer of 1861, the regiment was sent to the Eastern Theater of the war and placed in the Confederacy's main army in Virginia. After arriving in Richmond on July 21, 1861, the 2nd Florida spent the next few weeks drilling and guarding Union soldiers captured after the First Battle of Manassas. Lewis Powell, one of John Wilkes Booth 's co ...
Battle of Olustee. Joseph Finegan, sometimes Finnegan (November 17, 1814 – October 29, 1885), was an American businessman and brigadier general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. From 1862 to 1864 he commanded Confederate forces operating in Middle and East Florida, ultimately leading the Confederate victory at the ...
6th Florida Infantry Battalion at the Battle of Olustee, Florida. Abell's Artillery at the Battle of Olustee, Florida. Gamble's (Leon Light) Artillery at the Battle of Olustee, Florida. 2nd Florida Cavalry at the Battle of Olustee, Florida. 5th Florida Cavalry Battalion at the Battle of Olustee, Florida.
Origins. On October 16, 1859, the radical abolitionist John Brown led a group of 22 men in a raid on the Federal Arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. U.S. troops, led by Robert E. Lee, responded and quelled the raid. Subsequently, Brown was tried and executed by hanging in Charles Town on December 2, 1859.
The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought during the American Civil War near Mechanicsville, Virginia, from May 31 to June 12, 1864, with the most significant fighting occurring on June 3. It was one of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant 's Overland Campaign, and is remembered as one of American history's most lopsided battles.