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Henderson moved to Tampa from Georgia in 1847 where he studied law in the office of James J. Gettis. He later moved to Tallahassee where he became one of the state's leading corporate lawyers. He married twice, first to Mary Turman of Tampa who bore…

Illustration of the Battle of Olustee, Fla.

Sketch by an officer that was printed in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper.

Call frequently changed his political affiliations, being in turn a Democrat, Whig, Know-Nothing, and Constitutional Unionist. As the country lurched toward Civil War in the late 1850s and early 1860s, he remained an ardent Unionist. Though no…

Top image caption: "The war in Florida - The crew of the U.S. steamer Stars and Stripes, in the captured schooner Carolina Gertrude, at [Ochlockonee] River, engaging the dismounted rebel cavalry on shore. -From a sketch by paymaster John J. Pratt,…

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.

The bottom image…

Black and white photograph of men with Columbiad guns at Fort Barrancas.

An illustration of a civil war camp published in a newspaper article

A colored map of Florida published by Johnson and Ward in 1863.

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…