First Manatee County Courthouse

Constructed in 1860, this small wood framed building is believed to be the oldest remaining county courthouse built for that purpose in Florida. During the Civil War, the courthouse served as the political and judicial center of Manatee County which ...

Fort Myers Attack State Historical Marker

A State Historical Marker for The Attack On Fort Myers contains details on the Confederate attempt to capture Fort Myers. On February 20, 1865, a Confederate force of some 275 men of Florida's Cow Cavalry commanded by Major William Footman ...

Fort Thompson State Historical Marker

A State Historical Marker is located at the site of Fort Thompson, which was constructed in the late 1830s on the Caloosahatchee River for use as a military supply post during the Second Seminole War. During the Civil War, the ...

Blockade Runners & Battle of Ballast Point Historical Markers

A City Historical Marker for Union Raiders Burn Tampa Blockade Runners and a County Historical Marker for Battlefield tell the story of the Hillsborough River Raid and the ensuing Battle of Ballast Point. In October 1863, as the Union vessels ...

Fort Brooke Battery University of Tampa

Mounted in Plant Park are two Civil War 24-pounder cannons, which were originally part of a Confederate battery at Fort Brooke. In 1891, while constructing the Tampa Bay Hotel, Henry B. Plant had the cannons salvaged from the Fort Brooke ...

Confederate Monument - Tampa

Originally located on the grounds of the Old Hillsborough County Courthouse, the monument was erected in 1911 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

In 1952, the monument was moved to its current location upon the completion of the new courthouse ...

Old Fort Park

This city park contains massive coquina stone ruins known locally as the Old Fort but which are most likely the remnants of an 18th century British period residential or commercial structure. In the 1850s, a large wooden hotel with about ...

New Smyrna Museum of History

Located in the restored 1925 Old Post Office building, the museum's Perimeter Gallery contains exhibits on local history, including Native American exhibits with artifacts and displays on the pre-European cultures of southeast Volusia County. Seminoles are highlighted as part of ...

The Florida Historical Society-Cocoa

Founded in 1856 in St. Augustine, the primary mission of the Florida Historical Society is to collect, preserve, and publish materials relating to the history of Florida and its peoples. After a period of inactivity during the Civil War and ...

Confederate Monument-Lakeland

Located in the center of downtown Lakeland's main public space, this monument made of Georgia marble was erected in 1910. The local United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter raised the $1,750 for the construction of the 24-foot tall structure by ...