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Evergreen Cemetery

This cemetery contains the remains of over 250 Civil War veterans, both Confederate and Union. Among the notable Floridians are Captain John J. Dickison of the 2nd Florida Cavalry, who was known as the Swamp Fox of the Confederacy for ...

Confederate Monument - Jacksonville

Located in Hemming Plaza, the monument was erected in 1898 and paid for by Charles C. Hemming, a wealthy banker and Confederate veteran. Hemming had joined the Jacksonville Light Infantry in 1861, fought in the western theater, and was captured ...

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Camp Milton Historic Preserve

Designed and constructed in early 1864 at the direction of Confederate General Pierre G. T. Beauregard after the Battle of Olustee, Camp Milton served as the eastern headquarters for Confederate forces in Florida.

With the construction of three miles of ...

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Clark-Chalker House

Signage in front of this house notes that it is the oldest extant residence in Clay County. Built circa1835 for U.S. Army Captain Michael Clark, the house was purchased in 1859 by William S. Bardin, who served as a sergeant ...

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Magnolia Springs Cemetery

In 1864, Union forces established a strongpoint at Magnolia, a small community on the west bank of the St. Johns River, and used it as a base for conducting raids into the surrounding countryside. This cemetery contains the remains of ...

Sanderson Camp Historical Marker

This site was used by both Union and Confederate soldiers as a camp during the campaign of 1864. The camp was used as a Confederate supply depot but it was abandoned on February 9, 1864.

From the 9th to the 13th, ...

Fort Ward, San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park

Located at the confluence of the St. Marks and Wakulla Rivers, Native Americans used the site of Fort San Marcos de Apalache for thousands of years. The park museum displays pottery and tools unearthed near the original fort.

Beginning in ...

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Taylor County Saltworks State Historical Marker

With its 50-mile coastline and shallow coastal waters, Taylor County was a major center for Confederate salt production

during the Civil War. Locations for saltworks in the region included Jonesville (present-day Adams Beach), the mouth of Blue Creek, the Aucilla ...

Treasures of Madison County Museum and Genealogical Library

Located in the restored 1890s W.T. Davis Building, these organizations promote the cultural heritage of Madison County through artifact, photographic, and genealogical collections. In their collections are copies of historic photographs, Civil War letters, and a journal from Madison County ...

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Oakland Cemetery

Civil War Heritage Trail

This cemetery contains the remains of

at least 15 Confederate veterans and

one Union veteran. Also buried here

is John C. McGehee, a prosperous

Madison County plantation owner and

staunch proponent of states' rights who

was a ...

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