Item is a black and white photoprint illustration of men lowering a horse from a ship. Accompanying note reads, "Reinforcement of Fort Pickens - Horses slung into the sea to be towed ashore at Santa Rosa Island." Illustration is from Frank Leslie's…
This article offers a Union perspective on the Battle of Olustee, Florida. It was featured in the Peninsula Newspaper on March 3, 1864 and copied from the New South Newspaper,
This letter was written by Jefferson Davis to Gov. John Milton to notify Milton that Robert E. Lee has been assigned to command the confederate forces in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
The top image is a sketch by paymaster John J. Pratt, depicting the crew of the U.S. steamer Stars and Stripes, in the captured schooner Carolina Gertrude, on the Ochlokonee River, engaging the dismounted rebel cavalry on shore.
Duke K. Bettis states that he will send his family paper, stamps, and envelopes to write once a week. He also explains that he is sending money and tells his wife who they need to pay some debts to. Transcription of…