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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…

Soldiers in the Confederate States of America Army in Pensacola, FL during Civil War

Portrait of Union Private Robert J. Jones, who died at the Battle of Olustee, Florida.

Illustration of the Battle of Olustee, Fla.

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

Newspaper clipping from The Florida Sentinel forecasting that the recapture of Charleston will happen before mid-November, 1863.

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…

Captain Edwin Camden rode with Stonewall and was one of the "Immortal 600." He put on his Civil War veteran's uniform and tried to register for the draft on the first day of World War I.

Handwritten letter on paper.

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…

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…