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Florida Historic Capitol

Restored to its 1902 appearance in 1978-1982, the Old State Capitol building still retains at its core the original 1845 brick building. The Florida Secession Convention convened at this

location and, on January 10, 1861, voted to secede from the ...

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Brokaw-McDougall House

Constructed in c.1856, this house was the residence of Peres B. Brokaw, a Tallahassee businessman and political leader who served as the captain of a local militia unit, the Leon Cavalry. A supporter of secession, Brokaw led his troops in ...

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Old City and Roseland Cemeteries

Established in 1827, the Old City Cemetery is the oldest of Monticello's cemeteries, while the adjacent Roseland cemetery was established about 1850.

These cemeteries contain the remains of local Confederate soldiers and officials, as well as some soldiers who were ...

Riverside Cemetery

This cemetery contains the remains of local Confederate soldiers, including Robert W. Adams who served as a first lieutenant with the 5th Florida Infantry in the eastern theater including the Battle of Gettysburg, and later spent six months as a ...

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Western Cemetery

This cemetery contains the remains of local Confederate soldiers and officials, including Dr. Thomas Y. Henry, the grandson of Revolutionary War patriot Patrick Henry, a delegate to the Florida

Secession Convention and the Director of Confederate Medical Services forWest Florida. ...

The Quincy Academy State Historical Marker

A State Historical Marker is located at the building constructed in 1851 to house the Quincy Academy, a private educational institution for children of Gadsden and surrounding counties. During the Civil War, the building was used as a Confederate military ...

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Soldiers Cemetery in Eastern Cemetery

This cemetery was established early in the Civil War for Confederate soldiers who had no family in Quincy and were too far from home for their bodies to be returned to their families. Located in the cemetery, a State Historical ...

Smallwood-White House State Historical Marker

A doubled-sided State Historical Marker for The White House/Pleasants Woodson White contains details on this house which was constructed in 1843 and remodeled to its present appearance in 1856. During the Civil War, this house was the residence of Pleasants ...

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Quincy

During the Civil War, Quincy was the location of the Confederate military headquarters for the Middle Florida District. Quincy also served as a Confederate commissary depot and hospital station with the Episcopal church, county courthouse, Quincy Academy and private homes ...

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CSS Chattahoochee Monument

The CSS Chattahoochee was a twinscrew steam gunboat which was built at Saffold, Georgia, and entered service in the Confederate navy in February 1863.

The vessel patrolled the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola Rivers and often docked at the Chattahoochee Arsenal wharf. ...

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