November 17, 2009 | Posted by javal
The Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN), Hernando Past and Southeastern Archaeological Services invite the public to Bayport Park from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday to watch archaeologists, FPAN staff and volunteer divers record possible shipwrecks located during recent remote sensing surveys.
Bayport was the site of two brief engagements between Confederate land troops and [...]
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November 6, 2009 | Posted by javal
Water is again shooting from one of the fountains on Central Park Plaza’s Civil War monument, signaling the start of restoration work on the landmark.
City workers repaired the south fountain and turned on the water Wednesday, activating it for the first time in several years.
“After a yearlong fundraising effort, it feels really good to have [...]
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November 5, 2009 | Posted by javal
At this weekend’s Ocklawaha River Raid, thousands of people will savor the weather, smell the gun powder and explore the trappings of 1865.
There will be the playing of cards, checkers and chess. There will be food and family activities. There will be musket fire and cannon blasts. There will be Civil War camps and hundreds [...]
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November 3, 2009 | Posted by javal
A statue of a confederate soldier in Marion County is 101 years old, but it’s stirring up new trouble in Ocala. The statue is tucked in a corner, near the Marion County Courthouse, but some people don’t want it there and say it belongs in the county’s Veteran’s Memorial Park.
However, Eyewitness News reports a big [...]
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September 25, 2009 | Posted by javal
Two of my of relatives fought in the Battle of Marianna when Union troops invaded my hometown 145 years ago this weekend.
One of them was Richard Lawrence, a Baptist minister, who took a Yankee bullet in the back of his thigh. The other, W.H. Hinson, was captured by the Yankees but escaped when his column [...]
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September 17, 2009 | Posted by javal
Burned and sunk, the steamship Scottish Chief lay at the bottom of the Hillsborough River for 146 years, a legend for its ability to keep Tampa afloat amidst the city’s isolation during the Civil War.
Underwater archaeologist John William Morris, with the Florida Aquarium, said Tuesday a research team has found the ship, a vessel not [...]
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September 17, 2009 | Posted by javal
Workers in the Florida Keys have found the remains of a railroad that existed long before Henry Flagler’s famed train arrived.
A Navy spokesman said wheels and part of the railroad bed were uncovered Tuesday near Fort Zachary Taylor while crews were installing pilings for a new pedestrian bridge that will link two pieces of Navy [...]
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September 16, 2009 | Posted by javal
Burned and sunk, the steamship Scottish Chief lay at the bottom of the Hillsborough River for 146 years, a legend for its ability to keep Tampa afloat amidst the city’s isolation during the Civil War.
Underwater archaeologist John William Morris, with the Florida Aquarium, said Tuesday a research team has found the ship, a vessel not [...]
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September 15, 2009 | Posted by javal
Divers have searched for the Scottish Chief for years, calling it the “elusive boat.” But they mystery of what happened to the wooden rear-wheel steamship has been solved. Divers from the Florida Aquarium have found the vessel sitting on the bottom of the Hillsborough River, near where it empties into Tampa Bay. Aquarium spokesman Tom [...]
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September 14, 2009 | Posted by javal
History and nature have combined in a little-known park which was once the major Confederate military base in north Florida near the end of the Civil War.
In 1864, Camp Milton was a key Confederate installation aimed at blocking Union advances toward Baldwin, a supply center and rail head. Florida was a big supplier of cattle, [...]
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