Fort Meade Historical Museum

Located in the restored c.1885 Old Fort Meade School House, this museum features an extensive collection of area artifacts. During the Civil War, Fort Meade was an important Confederate cattle driving center.

In 1864, several Union raids from their post ...

Confederate Monument-Orlando

Dedicated in 1911 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, this Georgia marble monument was erected in memory of the soldiers, sailors, and statesmen of the Confederacy. The ladies of the local UDC chapter amassed $2,500 for this memorial by ...

Confederate Monument - Ocala

This monument was erected in 1908 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy beside the Marion County Courthouse in the downtown Ocala Public Square.

Although a new larger county courthouse was constructed in 1965 and then expanded in 1991, the monument ...

St. Francis Barracks

Originally constructed in the early to mid-1700s, this building was used as a military barracks first for Confederate troops, and then for Union troops after the Federal occupation of St. Augustine in 1862. Now the headquarters of the Florida National ...

Dummett House/St. Francis Inn

Owned by Confederate Lieutenant General William J. Hardee, this c.1791 house was theresidence of his sister-in-law Anna Dummett, an ardent Confederate supporter, who raised the widowed Hardee's four children there while he served as Commandant of Cadets at West Point ...

Fort Shannon Officers Quarters

Believed to have been constructed in c.1842 as a part of the Seminole War era Fort Shannon, the building was in private ownership by the time of the Civil War. It was used as a military barracks by Union troops ...

Fort Clinch State Park

A part of the park system since 1935, Fort Clinch is one of the most well-preserved 19th century forts in the country. Although no battles were fought here, it was garrisoned during both the Civil and Spanish-American wars.

Construction of ...

Florida House Inn

Constructed in 1857 by the Florida Railroad Company, it is among the state's oldest surviving tourist hotels. During the Federal occupation of Fernandina, the house was occupied by Union troops for officers’ quarters. The house is now operated as a ...

First Presbyterian Church - Fernandina Beach

Constructed in 1859, this church was used as a military barracks for Union troops during the Federal occupation of Fernandina and later as a primary school operated by the Freedmen's Bureau for teaching freed slaves. It is reported that Union ...

Fernandina Beach

By the time of the Civil War, Fernandina (the word Beach was added to the city's name in 1947) on Amelia Island was Florida's principal east coast port with a deep-water harbor and the eastern terminus of the Florida Railroad ...