| slp_harpersweekly-1862-v006-307_01 | Destruction of a Rebel Salt Factory on the Florida Coast, 1862 | text | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Periodicals
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage
Salt industry and trade
Salt industry and trade--Florida
Civil War
USS Kingfisher (1861)
Etching | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/slp_harpersweekly-1862-v006-307_01.jpg |
Destruction of a Rebel Salt Factory on the Florida Coast, 1862
- Date
- 1862-11-15
- Description
- An article describing the destruction of a rebel salt factory on the Florida coast at St. Joseph Bay by the crew of the US Bark "Kingfisher." An officer on the bark gives a firsthand account of the engagement in a letter obtained by Harper's Weekly. The second page includes an etching depicting the destruction of the salt factory. Published on pages 732-733 of the November 15, 1862 edition of Harper's Weekly Magazine.
- Collection
| flc_818-l848_01 | Excerpt from the Book "Florida Breezes" Describing the Battle of Natural Bridge, 1883 | text | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Natural Bridge (Fla.), Battle of, 1865 | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/flc_818-l848_01.jpg |
Excerpt from the Book "Florida Breezes" Describing the Battle of Natural Bridge, 1883
- Date
- 1883
- Description
- An excerpt from Ellen Call Long's 1883 book titled "Florida Breezes: or, Florida New and Old." In this passage, the fictional character Ruth describes the events at the Battle of Natural Bridge on March 6, 1865, during the American Civil War from the perspective of a civilian. Long based the retelling on her own recollections about the event.
- Collection
| flc_973.713-c748_01 | Executive and Congressional Directory of the Confederate States, 1861-1865 | text | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Confederate States of America. Congress -- Directories | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/flc_973.713-c748_01.jpg |
Executive and Congressional Directory of the Confederate States, 1861-1865
- Date
- 1899
- Description
- A directory containing the names of executive officers of the Confederate States; the dates and locations of the Congresses of the Confederate States; the names of members of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States; and the names of senators and representatives of the First and Second Congresses of the Confederate States.
- Collection
| n2000-4_b001_f02_07 | Letters from Louis James M. Boyd to His Wife, Jannie, 1862 | text | American Civil War--letters and diaries
American Civil War--United States--Collected Correspondence
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades.
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage
Civil war
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War, 1861-1865 | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/n2000-4_b001_f02_07.jpg |
Letters from Louis James M. Boyd to His Wife, Jannie, 1862
- Date
- 1862
- Description
- A series of letters from Louis James M. Boyd to his wife, Martha Jane "Jannie" Boyd. The letters are dated November 29, 1862, December 8, 1862, and December 9, 1862, from the USS Albatross at St. Andrews Bay. Boyd describes the destruction of the rebel salt pans along the Florida coast, his fellow soliders and personal matters, such as the joy he feels about the birth of his son while he is away.
- Collection
| s1725_b001_f01_01 | "My Recollections of the Confederate War" by Sylvanus M. Hankins, ca. 1900 | text | American Civil War--letters and diaries
American Civil War--United States--Collected correspondence
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Natural Bridge (Fla.), Battle of, 1865
Civil war
Civil War, 1861-1865 | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s1725_b001_f01_01.jpg |
"My Recollections of the Confederate War" by Sylvanus M. Hankins, ca. 1900
- Date
- 1900 (circa)
- Description
- Sylvanus M. Hankins' recollections of his experiences as an enlisted Confederate soldier during the American Civil War in Florida. Hankins was a private in Company D of the 1st Florida Reserve Regiment for the Confederacy which was one of the units that fought at the Battle of Natural Bridge in March 1865. Hankins begins by discussing Florida's secession in 1861, when Hankins was 14 years old. He recalls how Floridians intially reacted to the threat of war; the raising of military units; the death of his cousin resulting from combat wounds and imprisonment; the imprisonment of women and children and the burning of their homes if their husbands, fathers or brothers were suspected of deserting; the shooting of deserters; the wartime treatment of African-Americans; Hankins' enlistment at age 16; escorting prisoners to Andersonville; the Battle of Natural Bridge; and other wartime events. The date of these recollections is unknown.
- Collection
| m76-134_b001_f02_01 | Reminiscences of the War Between the States by a Boy in the Far South at Home and in the Ranks of the Confederate Militia by Joshua Hoyet Frier, 1859-1865 | text | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Natural Bridge (Fla.), Battle of, 1865 | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/m76-134_b001_f02_01.jpg |
Reminiscences of the War Between the States by a Boy in the Far South at Home and in the Ranks of the Confederate Militia by Joshua Hoyet Frier, 1859-1865
- Date
- 1895 (circa)
- Description
- A photocopy of a transcribed journal of reminiscences written by Joshua Hoyet Frier from 1895 to 1903. Frier describes the period immediately before and during the American Civil War. The journal documents his service in the First Florida Reserves from 1864 to 1865. He discusses the prewar debate over secession; the early enthusiasm of some volunteers and the reluctance of others; the shortages of food, salt and other materials as the war progressed; a slave hunt; Frier's acquaintance with Lewis Thornton Powell (Lewis Payne) of Hamilton County, who later gained notoriety as one of the John Wilkes Booth conspirators; his participation in an expedition to capture deserters; his work taking up rails; a duel fought between two officers; and his relationship with the other men in his unit. Frier's narrative includes a vivid description of the Battle of Natural Bridge in March 1865, in which his unit participated. He also describes the execution of two Confederate deserters captured in Union uniforms. His narrative closes shortly before the Confederate surrender in May 1865. The journal was transcribed by the donor, J.W. Hart, and there is an introduction by J. Hoyet Frier III.
- Collection
| m76-139_b001_01 | Robert Watson Civil War Diary, 1861-1865 | text | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil war | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/m76-139_b001_01.jpg |
Robert Watson Civil War Diary, 1861-1865
- Date
- 1861 (circa)
- Description
- A typescript copy of a diary kept by Robert Watson of Key West from September 1861 through March 1865. Watson describes the movements of the 7th Florida Infantry Regiment from Key West around Florida and then to Tennessee. The diary includes descriptions of weather, news, meals, illnesses and deaths.
- Collection
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