Confederate Military History of Florida [Paperback]

J. J. Dickison (Author)

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Publication Date: February 20, 2003

Confederate Military History of Florida, written by Florida's flamboyant cavalry commander J. J. Dickison, traces the political and military events in the Confederacy's least-populated state during the American Civil War. It begins with the secession of the Florida in January 1861 and continues through the actions at Santa Rosa Island, the Battle of Olustee, and the engagement at Natural Bridge. It also includes all the smaller, yet just as important, engagements and skirmishes that occurred in Florida between 1861 and the final surrender in 1865. Florida regiments composed one brigade each in the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee and fought in all the major battles in both theaters of war, often in the thickest of the fighting. Dickison details the history of each regiment sent out of state to fight, as well as the infantry, cavalry, and artillery units that stayed in Florida to defend their home state. Originally published as part of the Confederate Military History series edited by former Confederate General Clement A. Evans.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: eBooksOnDisk.com (February 20, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932157093
• ISBN-13: 978-1932157093
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,722,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars biased but good, March 20, 2009

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Allen Spence Jr. (Saint Petersburg, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Confederate Military History of Florida (Paperback)

This book is biased to make JJ Dickison seem like the Robert E Lee of Florida in the civil war. You can tell that the man did not like blacks by the content of the book. Apart from the bias, the book is REALLY good. Good details of some of his raids and other actions throughout Florida in the Civil War. No mention of killing blacks after the battle of Olustee. Very little about the battle of Olustee. There is a lot of detail about natural bridge and st. mark's. Anyone interested in the Civil War in the state of Florida should read this book.