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Author | : Robert P. Broadwater |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2006-07-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786425415 |
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When the Civil War began in 1861, Florida--although the third state to secede from the Union--was of little strategic importance to North or South. By the end of 1863, this position had changed dramatically. For the struggling Confederacy, Florida had become a crucial source of supplies, most especially for the troops in Savannah and Charleston. President Lincoln, soon to be seeking re-election and facing immense dissatisfaction due to the course which the war had taken, was desperately seeking some method of remedying his political situation. Bringing a reconstructed Florida back into the Union, with delegates who he hoped would be friendly to the Republican cause, seemed to be an ideal solution. Thus the Union launched a last-minute endeavor to regain control of Florida, an effort that culminated in the Battle of Olustee. Compiled from primary sources such as diaries and journals, this work tells the story of the failed Union attempt to wrest control of eastern and central Florida away from the Confederacy. From the legislature to the battlefield, it details maneuvers military and political that went into the Florida campaign. The main focus of the work is the Battle of Olustee, or Ocean Pond, as it was known in the South. One of the bloodiest battles of the war with inordinately high casualties (171/2 percent for the Confederates, 35 percent for the Union), this conflict took place in February 1864 between troops commanded by Union General Truman Seymour and Confederate General Joseph Finegan. Little more than a bloody stalemate between generals who lacked significant military experience, the battle nevertheless decisively ended Union hopes of regaining Florida. Appendices provide details on the opposing armies, a list of casualties by unit and enlistment of black troops by state. Contemporary photographs and an index are also included.
Author | : Olustee Battlefield Citizens Support Organization. Historical Research Committee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Florida |
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Author | : Lewis G. Schmidt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Florida |
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Author | : Battle of Olustee Centennial Observance, Inc |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Florida |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : William Eliot Furness |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Olustee, Battle of, Olustee, Fla., 1864 |
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Author | : John J. Dickison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Florida |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Olustee, Battle of, Olustee, Fla., 1864 |
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Author | : William Eliot Furness |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Olustee, Battle of, Olustee, Fla., 1864 |
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Author | : Douglas R Egerton |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2016-11-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0465096654 |
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An intimate, authoritative history of the first black soldiers to fight in the Union Army during the Civil War Soon after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, abolitionists began to call for the creation of black regiments. At first, the South and most of the North responded with outrage-southerners promised to execute any black soldiers captured in battle, while many northerners claimed that blacks lacked the necessary courage. Meanwhile, Massachusetts, long the center of abolitionist fervor, launched one of the greatest experiments in American history. In Thunder at the Gates, Douglas Egerton chronicles the formation and battlefield triumphs of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry-regiments led by whites but composed of black men born free or into slavery. He argues that the most important battles of all were won on the field of public opinion, for in fighting with distinction the regiments realized the long-derided idea of full and equal citizenship for blacks. A stirring evocation of this transformative episode, Thunder at the Gates offers a riveting new perspective on the Civil War and its legacy.
Author | : Daniel L Schafer |
Publisher | : University Press of Florida |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2010-01-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0813047021 |
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When the Civil War finally came to North Florida, it did so with an intermittent fury that destroyed much of Jacksonville and scattered its residents. The city was taken four separate times by Federal forces but abandoned after each of the first three occupations. During the fourth occupation, it was used as a staging ground for the ill-fated Union invasion of the Florida interior, which ended in the bloody Battle of Olustee in February 1864. This late Confederate victory, along with the deadly use of underwater mines against the U.S. Navy along the St. Johns, nearly succeeded in ending the fourth Union occupation of Jacksonville. Writing in clear, engaging prose, Daniel Schafer sheds light on this oft-forgotten theatre of war and details the dynamic racial and cultural factors that led to Florida’s engagement on behalf of the South. He investigates how fears about the black population increased and held sway over whites, seeking out the true motives behind both the state and federal initiatives that drove freed blacks from the cities back to the plantations even before the war's end. From the Missouri Compromise to Reconstruction, Thunder on the River offers the history of a city and a region precariously situated as a major center of commerce on the brink of frontier Florida. Historians and Civil War aficionados alike will not want to miss this important addition to the literature.