Image number: PR01725
Twenty-four year old Walter Miles Parker enlisted in the 1st Florida Cavalry Regiment at Houston, Florida on November 23, 1861. His service records indicate that he owned a horse worth $150 and horse equipment valued at $10. With his regiment Parker left Florida for Tennessee in the spring of 1862. He fell ill and on May 30, 1862 he died at the Academy Hospital in Chattanooga. The soldier’s mother, M.A. Parker, filed a claim for his back pay in September 1863.
Image Number: PR01726
John Jasper Simmons (it is unknown which of the soldiers is Simmons) was sixteen years old when he enlisted in Captain Angus D. McLean’s Company H of the 6th Florida Infantry at Mount Vernon Arsenal in April 1862. Simmons was on sick furlough shortly after his enlistment, but was able to return to his regiment in time for its advance into Kentucky with General Kirby Smith. John Simmons was left sick in a Frankfort, Kentucky hospital on October 1, 1862 and died there a few days later.
Image Number: RC11558
The soldier on the left is unknown. The soldier on the right is Albert Croft, Jr.
Image Number: RC11475
Laurie M. Anderson of Tallahassee was a member of the Bradford Light Infantry, Co. A, Florida Battalion. He died in April 7, 1862, at the Battle of Shiloh. The 1st Florida Volunteer Infantry fought in the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862.
Image Number: N031207
Image Number: N028753
Bartholf was a Union Officer over an all-black troop in South Florida during the Civil War. Became key leader in old Manatee County's Republican Party. Also referred to as the Father of Education in the Peace River Valley.
Image number: N046331
Frederick Jost was a veteran of the 17th New York cavalry who transferred to accept a commission in the 1st Florida Union Cavalry.
Image number: PR01717
Image number: N039652
Top: Miles Moore, Musician, Co. H.; John Goosberry, Musician, Co. E.Middle: William J. Netson, Principal Musician, Co. K.
Bottom: Robert J. Jones, Pvt., Co. I.; Henry Steward, Sergt., Co. E.
Image number: N039653
Top: Jeremiah Rolls, 1st Sergt., Co. I.; Abram C. Simms, Corp., Co. I.Middle: George Lipscomb, Corp., Co. I.; Thomas Bowman, Sergt., Co. I.
Bottom: Isom Ampey, Pvt. Co. K.; John H. Wilson, Sergt. Major.
Image number: N039654
Upper, left to right: Chaplain Samuel Harrison; Lt. Frank M. Welch.
Lower, left to right: Lt. Stephen A. Swails; Lt. Peter Vogelsang.
Image number: N045657
Image number: MA0325
Signed by Gilbert in Coweta County, Georgia. Dated September 1, 1865.
