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FLORIDA
CIVIL WAR TIMELINE
1860
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January
1 – |
President
Lincoln formally issued his Emancipation Proclamation, which freed
slaves in Confederate-controlled areas of the South. Although
the Proclamation freed few slaves initially, it laid the framework
for the Thirteenth Amendment, which would end all slavery in the United
States.
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May
27 – |
The
Confederate gunboat Chattahoochee exploded on the Apalachicola River,
killing 16 sailors and wounding several others. The Chattahoochee
helped guard the Apalachicola River basin, protecting that region
from Union attack.
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July
1-3 – |
The
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was fought. Florida soldiers
were heavily engaged in this Confederate defeat.
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December
2-15 – |
Union
warships destroyed a large number of Confederate saltworks at Lake
Ocala and West Bay. These saltworks, consisting primarily of
large kettles for the boiling of seawater, were vital to the Confederacy.
Salt was a precious commodity used in preserving food.
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