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Florida was thrice considered for a gunboat before she became one. Contrary to previous interpretation of the official records, closer comparison of entries reveals that she did not serve the Mississippi River Defense Fleet as originally intended but became a Government-owned blockade runner; most authors have confused her with the Mobilian CSS Florida who did not receive her name CSS Selma ...
The nucleus of Company K of the regiment was made up of men who served as a militia Coast Guard company before the war. One member of the unit described the diverse nature of the company by saying "it is composed of Yankees, Crackers, Conchs, Englishmen, Spaniards, Germans, Frenchmen, Italians, Poles, Irishmen, Swedes, Chinese, Portuguese ...
The remainder of 1864 saw the 2nd Florida fight at the Battle of Cold Harbor in June and settle into static defenses at the Siege of Petersburg. Following the fall of Petersburg and Richmond the following spring, the Florida Brigade retreated with the Army of Northern Virginia and surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. By the ...
Milton Light Artillery Company (Dunham’s 1st and 2nd Companies, later (Dunham’s and Abell's) Leon Light Artillery (Gamble's Companies A and B, later (Dyke’s and Kilcrease) Note: Originally three Companies were raised.
The 2nd Florida Cavalry was a cavalry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was formed in Jacksonville in July of 1861, and comprised men from multiple counties, including St. John , Marion , Gadsden , Madison , [ 3 ] and Sumter .
Name Class year Notability References Louis Gustave De Russy: 1814 Major USA, Colonel USV, Major General of Louisiana Militia, Colonel CSA; War of 1812 and Mexican–American War; namesake for 3 forts, oldest West Point graduate in the Confederate States Army
When the civil war erupted in 1861 Florida hastened to raise a regiment of infantry.On January 6, state militia occupied the Apalachicola Arsenal at Chattahoochee and the following day the Fort Marion in St. Augustine. on May 5, 1861, men from the counties of Leon, Alachua, Madison, Jefferson, Jackson, Franklin, Gadsden, and Escambia were mustered into state service as the 1st Florida Infantry ...
Illustration from Harper's Weekly in 1863 of CSS Florida (left) burning the clipper Jacob Bell (right) off the West Indies on 13 February 1863. She had captured Jacob Bell the previous day. CSS Florida was a sloop-of-war in the service of the Confederate States Navy. She served as a commerce raider during the American Civil War before being ...