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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 .
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 .
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.
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia [A]), the District of Columbia, and six territories (Arizona ...
Battles of the American Civil War in Florida (13 P) ... Pages in category "Battles in Florida" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
April 22: Florida joined the Confederate States of America at the beginning of the Civil War. October 8: Battle of Santa Rosa Island. 1862 March 24: Skirmish of the Brick Church. June 30 – July 1: Battle of Tampa. October 1–3: Battle of St. John's Bluff. 1863 October 16–18: Battle of Fort Brooke. 1864 February 24: Battle of Olustee.
As part of the Third Florida Regiment, they lost many of their men at the Battle of Perryville in Kentucky in October 1862. By the time of the Battle of Murfreesboro, only ten of the original Blues remained. At the war's end in 1865, only eight were officially captured. However, only seventeen were confirmed killed during the war. [8]
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. It was one of the first parks in the ...