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*The Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_in_the_American_Civil_War Florida in the American Civil War]. | *The Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_in_the_American_Civil_War Florida in the American Civil War]. | ||
*State Library and Archives of Florida, Florida Memory article, [http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/FloridaCivilWar/history.cfm "The Smallest Tadpole", Florida in the Civil War.] | *State Library and Archives of Florida, Florida Memory article, [http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/FloridaCivilWar/history.cfm "The Smallest Tadpole", Florida in the Civil War.] | ||
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*George E. Buker, ''Blockaders, refugees, and contraband : Civil War on Florida's Gulf Coast, 1861-1865'' Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, c1993 | |||
=== Florida Military Units === | === Florida Military Units === | ||
Revision as of 10:42, 16 May 2025
Introduction[edit | edit source]
Florida seceded from the Union on 10 January 1861 and joined the Confederate States of America 8 February 1861. Soldiers from Florida served in both the Union and the Confederate armies. Florida raised 44 regiments and other units that served in the Confederate army. Florida also raised 4 regiments and other units that served in the Union army. She was readmitted to representation in Congress on 25 June 1868.[1] The U.S. War Department credited Florida with 1,290 white Union soldiers.[2]
For more information, see:
- The Wikipedia article, Florida in the American Civil War.
- State Library and Archives of Florida, Florida Memory article, "The Smallest Tadpole", Florida in the Civil War.
- George E. Buker, Blockaders, refugees, and contraband : Civil War on Florida's Gulf Coast, 1861-1865 Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, c1993 FS Library 975.9 M2b
Florida Military Units[edit | edit source]
Most units were numbered, however, some were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and unassigned companies.
The information in the lists of Florida Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site. This web site also can be searched by the name of a soldier.
Additional unit history information may be found in:
- Joseph H. Crute, Jr.. Units of the Confederate States Army Midlothian, Virginia : Derwent Books, c1987. FS Library Books973 M2crua
- Stewart Sifakis. Compendium of the Confederate armies 10 vols. New York, New York : Facts on File, c1992-1995 FS Library Book 975 M2ss
- F.Ray Sibley, Jr., ed. Confederate artillery organizations : an alphabetical listing of the officers and batteries of the Confederacy, 1861-1865 El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Publishing and Savas Beatie LLC, ©2014 FS Library Book 973 M2sfr
- W. J. Tancig, comp. Confederate military land units, 1861-1865 New York, New York: Confederate military land units, 1861-1865 FS Library 973 M2wj
Confederate Records[edit | edit source]
Service Records[edit | edit source]
Compiled Service Records
- Florida, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 (Free) (FamilySearch) is a searchable card index. The index is courtesy of Fold3. This collection is a part of RG 109,War Department Collection of Confederate Records and is National Archive Microfilm Publication M251. Description.
- The Compiled Service Records ($) (Fold3.com) for Union and Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Florida are now available online. In the future, these records will be made available at no charge through the National Archives web site. The compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. The service records are also available at no charge at National Archives research rooms. For more information see Confederate Service Records. See also United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Florida
State militia records for the Confederate period are at the state arsenal in St. Augustine. For information, write to:
Adjutant General
Department of Military Affairs
Attn.: M.I.L.P.
P.O. Box 1008
St. Augustine, FL 32085-1008
Telephone: 904-823-0315
Fax: 904-823-0309
Pension Records[edit | edit source]
Pension applications for widows and Confederate veterans began in 1885 and continued through 1955. The applications are indexed on FS Library microfilm 006717. The applications are on 169 rolls of microfilm at the FamilySearch Library and are arranged by file number (beginning with FS Library microfilm 006718). These same records can be viewed online at the State Archives of Florida. They are for both the veteran's and the widow's applications.
- 1885-1955 Florida Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1955 at FamilySearch — index & images
Confederate Prisoners of War[edit | edit source]
- United States, Records Of Confederate Prisoners Of War, 1861-1865 at Findmypast - Index
Union Records[edit | edit source]
Service Records[edit | edit source]
- FamilySearch. Florida, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865. This collection is a part of RG 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917 and is National Archive Microfilm Publication M400. Index courtesy of Fold3. Description.
The FamilySearch Library and the National Archives have the following records:
- Compiled service records: FS Library microfilms 1299987-97
- Index to service records: FS Library microfilm 821727
- Index to pension records: FS Library microfilms 540757-541300
- (Pension records are only at the National Archives)
Compiled Service Records - The Compiled Service Records ($) (Fold3.com) for Union and Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Florida are now available online. In the future, these records will be made available at no charge through the National Archives web site. The compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. The service records are also available at no charge at National Archives research rooms. For more information see Union Service Records.
Pension Records[edit | edit source]
Civil War Pension Index Cards - An Index to Pension Applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see Union Pension Records.
Contraband Camps[edit | edit source]
The web site Last Road to Freedom has information on America's Civil War Contraband Camps.
Southern Claims Commission[edit | edit source]
Southern Claims Commission. If a Union sympathizer in Florida claimed a loss during the Civil War due to Union military confiscation, he could apply to the Southern Claims Commission for reimbursement. Only a few applied per county, but their neighbors were called as witnesses and asked dozens of questions. Hundreds of all kinds of residents in a county may be mentioned in answers to Commission questions, and their wartime activities described. To learn how to find records mentioning these neighbors in Florida counties during the Civil War see the Southern Claims Commission.
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Florida. Department of State. Florida in the Civil War has good information about the history of Florida in the Civil War on various topics with pictures. (accessed 7 June 2012)
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)[edit | edit source]
Grand Army of the Republic founded in 1866 - 1956, was the largest veteran’s organization in the country after the Civil War. It was a fraternal organization members were veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, Marines and Revenue Cutler Service who served in the American Civil War. The group supported voting rights for black veterans, and lobbied the U.S. Congress to establish veterans' pensions. In 1890 the membership was 490,000.
In 1888 there were 10 posts and 279 members in the state of Florida
GAR Posts in the State of Florida
The FamilySearch Catalog list records of the Florida Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War[edit | edit source]
With the death of the last member of the Grand Army of the Republic the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War was formed.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia.com, Florida in the American Civil War (accessed January 2011).
- ↑ United States. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, (Washington, District of Columbia: Govt. Print. Office, 1880-1901), Series 3, Volume 4, page 1269. FS Catalog book 973 M29u ser.3 v. 3, FS Library film 845422.