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The Battle of Olustee, 1864 - The Final Union Attempt to Seize Florida (Paperback)
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The Battle of Olustee, 1864 - The Final Union Attempt to Seize Florida (Paperback)
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When the Civil War began in 1861, Florida - although the third
state to secede from the Union - was of little strategic importance
to North or South. By the end of 1863, this position had changed
dramatically. For the struggling Confederacy, Florida had become a
crucial source of supplies, most especially for the troops in
Savannah and Charleston. President Lincoln, soon to be seeking
re-election and facing immense dissatisfaction due to the course
which the war had taken, was desperately seeking some method of
remedying his political situation. Bringing a reconstructed Florida
back into the Union, with delegates who he hoped would be friendly
to the Republican cause, seemed to be an ideal solution. Thus the
Union launched a last-minute endeavour to regain control of
Florida, an effort that culminated in the Battle of Olustee.
Compiled from primary sources such as diaries and journals, this
work tells the story of the failed Union attempt to wrest control
of eastern and central Florida away from the Confederacy. From the
legislature to the battlefield, it details manoeuvres military and
political that went into the Florida campaign. The main focus of
the work is the Battle of Olustee, or Ocean Pond, as it was known
in the South. One of the bloodiest battles of the war with
inordinately high casualties (17-1/2 percent for the Confederates,
35 percent for the Union), this conflict took place in February
1864 between troops commanded by Union General Truman Seymour and
Confederate General Joseph Finegan. Little more than a bloody
stalemate between generals who lacked significant military
experience, the battle nevertheless decisively ended Union hopes of
regaining Florida. Appendices provide details on the opposing
armies, a list of casualties by unit and enlistment of black troops
by state. Contemporary photographs and an index are also included.
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