On This Day in Florida Civil War History

by Nick Wynne

Book Overview

The most southern state has more than its share of Civil War stories. In January 1861, Florida militia forces captured the old Spanish Castillo de San Marcos, then known as Fort Marion, from the single Union soldier who guarded it. In 1862, Union forces recaptured it without a single shot fired. Union general Edward Moody McCook--later minister to Hawaii--accepted the surrender of Tallahassee on May 10, 1865. On May 13, he read the Emancipation Proclamation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467118176
• ISBN13: 9781467118170
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"