AMH 3930

Research Assistance:
Civil War Homefront
in Florida

Detail, the Battle of Olustee, Feb. 20, 1864, from an 1894 print by Kurz & Allison.

 

The following references are provided for students taking Prof. Matt Gallman's AMH 3930: The Civil War Homefront.  Listed here are (1) general works on the Civil War in Florida (2) unpublished theses and dissertations held in the Florida history collection (3) resources on service records and regimental histories (4) published or transcribed memoirs (5) manuscript materials and (6) selected Web sites.  Feel free to contact the curator, James Cusick, if you have questions or need help (jamcusi@mail.uflib.ufl.edu) or 273-2778.


 

To do a subject search of the library catalog use the following search strings for "Basic search, Browse Organized Lists":

 

Subject, LC: Florida--history--Civil War 1861-1865

Subject, LC: United States--history--Civil War 1861-1865

 

If you want to find only published first-hand accounts of the war, then add "--Personal Narratives" to the end of the strings above.  (You must separate the string with double dashes in both LUIS and WebLUIS in order for the search to work).

 

The first search should turn up 49 titles. 

 

 


General Works, Civil War in Florida

 

There should be copies of these works both in Florida history and in the general circulating collection.  Check LUIS for the call numbers.

 

Brown, Canter.

"The Civil War, 1861-1865," pp. 231-48, in The New History of Florida, edited by Michael Gannon.  Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1996.

This essay is an excellent overview of what has been written about the Civil War in Florida by a historian who knows the topic well.

 

Buker, George E., 1923-

Blockaders, refugees & contrabands: civil war on Florida's gulf coast, 1861-1865

Tuscaloosa , Ala., University of Alabama Press, 1993.

Discusses the federal blockade of Florida and its effects-an important work from a leading historian known for his works on Jacksonville and on the Second Seminole War.

 

Coles, David James, 1957-

Far from fields of glory: military operations in Florida during the Civil War, 1864-1865

Electronic access:

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/FS00000103.jpg

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/FS00000103.pdf

Although not yet published as a book, this dissertation is considered to be the most up-to-date and complete work on the major battles in Florida during the Civil War.

 

Johns, John Edwin.

Florida during the Civil War

Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 1963.

Although this work is now somewhat dated, it has an excellent overview of the political situation in Florida on the eve of the war and also covers the decisions of U.S. Senators Stephen Mallory and David Levy Yulee as they decide to side with the secessionists.

 

Nulty, William H.

Confederate Florida: the road to Olustee

Tuscaloosa , Ala., University of Alabama Press, 1990.

Electronic access:

http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=48502

More recent that Johns's work, Nulty's is just as good on the political history of secession and is a well-illustrated account of the progress of the Civil War in Florida leading to the major battle of the region.

 

Rivers, Larry E., 1950-

Slavery in Florida: territorial days to emancipation

Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000.

Electronic access:

http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=63033

Rivers's award-winning book is the accepted authority on everything pertaining to slavery and slave life in Florida before and during the Civil War.

 

Taylor, Robert A., 1958-

Rebel Storehouse: Florida in the Confederate Economy

Tuscaloosa, Ala., University of Alabama Press, 1995.

An important analysis of Florida's major role in the Civil War-that of providing foodstuffs and other necessities to the other Confederate states.

 

Taylor, Paul, 1959-

Discovering the Civil War in Florida: A Reader and Guide

Sarasota, Fla.: Pineapple Press, 2001

Intended as an introduction, this book not only covers major events and themes related to Florida in the Civil War but also illustrates them with extracts from primary sources. 

 

Wynne, Lewis N., and Robert Taylor

Florida in the Civil War

Charleston: Arcadia Press, 2002

Perhaps the best general introduction to the Civil War in Florida currently in print; covers all the major events and people, and has chapters on important themes, such as Florida's role as a supply depot for the Confederacy, the problems facing the Union blockade, and the split in popular sentiment between residents who supported secession and those who opposed it.

 

 


Other Important Secondary Sources

 

Brooks, Bert E.

"Old Oaks": Civil War in North Florida-Columbia, Bradford, Union and Baker Counties.

Edition:  Revised edition.

Gainesville, Fla., New Century Publishing, 2000

Florida History

F310.B76

 

Brown, Canter.

Tampa in civil war and reconstruction.

Tampa, Fla.: University of Tampa Press, 2000.

Florida History

F319.T2 B769x 1999

 

Gerrell, Allen R.

The Civil War in and around St. Marks, Florida.

Edition:  Rev.

Published:  S.l.: s.n., 1993

Description:  155 pp., ill., 29 cm.

Florida History

F.073 G378c 1993

 

Holmes, Jack David Lazarus, 1930-

Pensacola's Civil War art: Benjamin Labree and Thomas Nast.

S.l.: s.n., 1985

Florida History

F.2 P41 H751p

 

Martin, Richard A. (Richard Albert), 1927-2003, with Daniel L. Schafer

Jacksonville's ordeal by fire: a Civil War history.

Jacksonville, Fla., Florida Publishing Co., 1984.

Florida History

F.07 M382j

 

Pearce, George F., 1925-

Pensacola during the Civil War: a thorn in the side of the Confederacy.

Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000.

Main Library

F319 .P4 P36 2000

Electronic access:

http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=54901

 

Schmidt, Lewis G.

The Civil War in Florida: a military history.

Edition:  1st ed., 4 parts in 6 volumes, arranged by region.

Published:  Allentown, Pa., .G. Schmidt, 1989.

Description:  xxii, 388 p.p, ill., 24 cm.

Florida History

F.073 S353c

 

 

 


Reprints of classic works

 

Although these works are outdated, they remain important both for the information they contain and as a record of how previous historians have dealt with the topic of the Civil War in Florida.  Dickison's Men, although written 25 years after the war, can be considered a primary source, since it is a memoir of the war by a Confederate participant. 

 

Davis, William Watson, 1884-1960.

The civil war and reconstruction in Florida

Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 1964.

An early example of the "Dunning School" in Civil War history, so called because many state histories were written by students of Prof. William Archibald Dunning.  These works, initially praised for their detail, late came under criticism, especially by black historians, for ignoring the role of people of color in the post-war South.  This is therefore an outdated but still important work.

 

Dickison, Mary Elizabeth.

Dickison and his men

Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 1962.

A reprint of the original 1890 work.  Although Mary Dickison is listed as the author, her husband J.J. Dickison, a Confederate military leader in Florida, probably dictated much of the book to her.  It is a Confederate version of the Civil War and the defense of Florida, from someone whose loyalties were pledged completely to the southern cause.

 

Wallace, John.

Carpet-bag rule in Florida; the inside workings of the Reconstruction of civil government in Florida after the close of the Civil War. A facsim. reproduction of the 1888 ed., with introd. & notes by Allan Nevins.

Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 1964.

Written by a former slave from North Carolina, and possibly co-authored by Governor William D. Bloxham, this work is an important near-contemporary account of Reconstruction  in Florida by a major participant.  Wallace strongly condemns the Freedmen's Bureau as an agency that failed its mission to bring blacks fully into the democratic process.

 

 


Thesis and Dissertation Research on the Civil War in Florida

 

Barnard, Church Edward, 1942-

The Federal blockade of Florida during the Civil War.

Published:  1966.

Description:  iv, 78 leaves; 28 cm.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Miami, 1966.

F.07 B259f

  Florida History

(Non-Circulating)

 

Coles, David James.

"A fight, a licking, and a footrace": the 1864 Florida campaign and the Battle of Olustee

Published:  c1985.

Description:  v, 190 leaves; 6 maps, 29 cm.

Notes:  Typescript.

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida State University, 1985.

F.073 C693f

  Florida History

(Non-Circulating)

 

Dillon, Rodney E. (Rodney Earl), 1957-

The Civil War in South Florida.

Published:  1980.

Description:  x, 385 leaves; 28 cm.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Florida, 1980.

F.07 D579c

  Florida History

(Non-Circulating)

 

Futch, Ovid Leon, 1925-

Salmon P. Chase and radical politics in Florida, 1862-1865.

Published:  Gainesville, Fla., University of Florida, 1952.

Notes:  Manuscript copy.  Typed on one side of leaf only.

Biography.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Florida, 1952.

F.07 F996s

  Florida History

(Non-Circulating)

 

Loderhose, Gary L., 1956-

A history of the 9th Florida regiment.

Published:  1988.

Description:  v, 157 leaves; 28 cm.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Richmond, 1988.

F.073 L821h

  Florida History

(Non-Circulating)

 

Nulty, William H.

The 1864 Florida federal expedition: blundering into modern warfare.

Published:  1985.

Description:  ix, 470 leaves; ill., maps; 28 cm.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 1985.

F.07 N969e

  Florida History

(Non-Circulating)

 

Patterson, Ellen Hodges, 1949-

The Stephens family in East Florida: a profile of plantation life along the St. Johns River, 1859-1864.

Published:  1979.

Description:  viii, 107 leaves; map, ports., 28 cm.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Florida.

F.077 P317s

  Florida History

(Non-Circulating)

 

Reiger, John Franklin, 1943-

Anti-war and pro-Union sentiment in Confederate Florida.

Published:  Gainesville, University of Florida, 1966.

Description:  iii, 105 leaves; illus. 28cm.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Florida.

F.071 R361a

  Florida History

(Non-Circulating)

 

Taylor, Robert A., 1958-

Rebel beef: Florida cattle and the Confederacy, 1861-1865.

Published:  1985.

Description:  vi, 181 leaves; 29 cm.

Notes:  Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 1985.

F.07 T245r

  Florida History

(Non-Circulating)

 

Weinberg, Sydney Jay, 1913-

Slavery and secession in Florida, 1845-1861.

Published:  1940.

Description:  223 leaves; 28 cm.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Florida, 1940.

F.06 W423s

  Florida History

(Non-Circulating)

 

 

 


Military Service Records

 

Florida National Guard

Special Archives Series [Military history and records of Florida]

See Library Catalog for holdings

Florida History Call No. F354 A2 F6362s

This series, assembled by the Florida National Guard, coverers the regimental histories and the service records of units and soldiers serving from Florida in the Civil War.  It's a basic resource for finding out about military personnel.

 

Hartman, David L.

Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers, 1871-1865.

Broadfoot Publishing Co., Wilmington, N.C., 6 volumes, 1995.

Florida history Call No. 7.074 H333 Reference

 

 

 


Regimental Histories

 

 

Florida (Confederate) Units

Carlson, Charlie, 1943-

The First Florida Cavalry Regiment C.S.A.

New Smyrna Beach, Fla., Luthers, 1999.

Florida History

E558.6 1st .C37 1999

 

Hillhouse, Don.

Heavy artillery & light infantr : a history of the 1st Florida Special Battalion & 10th Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.

Rome, Ga. (P.O. Box 2651, Rome 30164): D. Hillhouse, 1992.

Florida History

F.074 H653h

 

Loderhose, Gary L.

Far, far from home: the Ninth Florida Regiment in the Confederate Army.

Carmel, Ind., Guild Press, 1999.

Florida History

E559.5 9th L34

 

Reddick, H. W. (Henry W.)

Seventy-seven years in Dixie microform: the boys in gray of 61-65.

Santa Rosa, Fla., H.W. Reddick, 1910.

Main Library

E492 .C581 1990 FL:12 Microfiche

 

Florida (Union) Units

Curenton, Mark.

Tories and deserters: the first Florida Federal Cavalry.

Laurel Hill, Fla., M. Curenton, 1988.

Florida History

F.07 C975t

 

Non-Florida (Union) Units serving in Florida

A history of the seventh Connecticut volunteer infantry in the Civil War. Compiled by a member who was second in rank.

N.P., 1910.

Florida History

F.074 C752

 

Cadwell, Charles K.

The old Sixth regiment, its war record, 1861-5.

New Haven, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers, 1875.

Florida History

F.074 C126o

 

Crowninshield, Benjamin William, d. 1892.

A history of the First regiment of Massachusetts cavalry volunteers, with roster and statistics by D. H. L. Gleason.

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and co., 1891.

Florida History

F.074 C953h

 

Egan, Patrick, 1846-

The Florida campaign with Light Battery C, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.

Providence, R.I.

Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society, 1905.

Florida History

F.074 E28f

 

Emilio, Luis Fenollosa, b. 1844.

History of the Fifty-fourth regiment of Masachusetts volunteer infantry, 1863-1865. By Luis F. Emilio.

Boston, The Boston Book Co., 1891.

Florida History

F.074 E53h

 

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911.

Army life in a black regiment.

Boston, Fields, Osgood & Co., 1870.

Florida History

F.074 H637a

 

Little, Henry F. W., 1842-

The Seventh regiment New Hampshire volunteers in the war of the rebellion.

Concord, N. H., I. C. Evans, Printer, 1896.

Florida History

F.074 L778s

 

Morris, Gouverneur.

The history of a volunteer regiment. Being a succinct account of the organization, services and adventures of the Sixth regiment New York volunteers infantry known as Wilson Zouaves.  Prepared from official data, by Gouverneur Morris, late U.S.V., illustrated by James E. Taylor.

New York, Veteran Volunteer Publishing Company, 1891.

Florida History

F.074 M876h

 

Palmer, Abraham John, 1847-1922.

The history of the Forty-eighth regiment New York State volunteers in the War for the Union.  1861-1865.

Brooklyn, Pub. by the Veteran Association of the Regiment, 1885.

Florida History

F.074 P173h

 

Price, Isaiah, 1822-

History of the Ninety-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, during the war of the rebellion, 1861-65, with biographical sketches.

Philadelphia, By the author for the subscribers, 1875.

Florida History

F.074 P945

 

Roe, Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye), 1844-1917.

The Twenty-fourth regiment, Massachusuetts volunteers, 1861-1866, New England guard regiment, by Alfred S. Roe and the Regimental committee on history:  Charles B. Amory, John C. Cook, George Hill.

Worcester,Mass., Twenty-fourth Veteran Association, 1907.

Florida History

F.074 R698

 

Schmidt, Lewis G.

A Civil War history of the 47th Regiment of Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers: the wrong place at the wrong time.

Allentown, Pa. , L.G. Schmidt, 1986.

Florida History

F.074 S353c

 

Trudeau. Noah Andre, 1949-

Like men of war: Black troops in the Civil War, 1862-1865.

Boston: Little Brown, 1998.

Main Library

E540.N3 T78

 

Walkley, Stephen W., jr.

History of the Seventh Connecticut volunteer infantry, Hawley's brigade, Terry's division, Tenth army corps, 1861-1865.

Hartford, Conn., 1905

Florida History

F.074 W186h

 

 

 


Diaries, memoirs, letters, and reports

(Published, on film, on in transcript)

 

 

Babcock, Willoughby, 1832-1864.

Selections from the letters and diaries of Brevet-Brigadier General Willoughby Babcock of the Seventy-fifth New York Volunteers: a study of camp life in the Union armies during the Civil War, by Willoughby M. Babcock, Jr.

Albany, N.Y., The University of the State of New York, 1922.

Florida History

E601 .B13 1922

 

Baker, Henry H.

A reminiscent story of the great civil war: a personal experience.

New Orleans: Ruskin Press, 1911.

Electronic access:

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/tc/fhp/SNWF000008

 

Bludworth, Timothy W., 1821-1864.

Letters, 1862-1864

Summary:  Letters of Timothy W. Bludworth written to his wife Hester Ann Brigman Bludworth of Walton County, Florida, from battle sites in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Petersburg, Virginia.  Floridians in the Civil War.  Part of William Henry Watson Family.

Electronic access:

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/WF00000001.jpg

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/WF00000001.pdf

 

Civil War diaries: Robert Watson and Samuel Lowry.

St. Augustine, Fla.: State Arsenal, St. Francis Barracks, 1992?

Florida History                         

F354 A2 F6362s no.132                          

Reference, Main Library

E605 .C581 1992

 

Dorman, G. H.

Fifty years ago,  microform. Reminiscences of '61-65.

Tallahassee, Fla. , T.J. Appleyard, 1912?

Microfilm, Main Library

E492 .C581 1990 FL:16

 

Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865.

Samuel Francis Du Pont; a selection from his Civil War letters, edited by John D. Hayes.

Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1969.

Florida History

F973.75 D938s

 

Elderkin, James D., 1820-

Biographical sketches and anecdotes of a soldier of three wars, as written by himself. The Florida, the Mexican war and the great rebellion.

Detroit, Mich., Record Printing Company, 1899.

Florida History

F.052 E37b

 

Ellis, T. B. (T. Benton), 1842-

Short record of T.B. Ellis, Sr.

S.l.: s.n., 1913

Description: 10 leaves; 28 cm.

Florida History

F.2 A31 E47s               

 

Farley, Charlotte Corley.

Florida's alamo: the battle of Marianna as 'twas said to me

S.l.: s.n., 1981?

Florida History

F.2 J13 F231f

 

French, Samuel Gibbs, 1818-1910.

Two wars: an autobiography of General Samuel G. French: Mexican War, War between the states, a diary: reconstruction period, his experience: incidents, reminiscences, etc.

Nashville, Tenn., Confederate Veteran, 1901.

Electronic access:

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/WF00000041.jpg

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/WF00000041.pdf

 

Hentz, Dr.

Diary of Doctor Hentz, Marianna and Quincy, Fla., May 3-31, 1863. Historical records survey, State archives survey, 1937.

Description: 7 numb.,  28cm.

Florida History

F.077 H528d               

 

Holmes, Henry McCall, 1834-1899.

Diary of Henry McCall Holmes: Army of Tennessee, Assistant Surgeon, Florida troops, with related letters, documents, etc.

State College, Miss., s.n., 1968.

Main library

E605.H6 A351 1968

 

Ives, Washington, 1843-1925.

Civil War journal and letters of Serg. Washington Ives, 4th Florida C.S.A.;  transcribed by Jim R. Cabaniss; illustrations by the author.

Tallahassee?: Fla., J.R. Cabaniss,  1987.

Florida History

F.07 C113

 

Kelsey, Albert Warren, 1840-

Autobiographical notes and memoranda, by Albert Warren Kelsey, 1840-1910. (For private circulation only).

Baltimore, Munder-Thomsen Press, 1911.

Florida History

F.077 K29

 

Kinsman, Oliver Dorrance, 1835-

A loyal man in Florida, 1858-1861. Prepared by Companion Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver D. Kinsman and read at the stated meeting of May 4, 1910.

Washington, 1910

Florida History

F.062 K56l                               

 

Lee, Edmund C.

Civil war letters, by Edmund C. Lee, Chaplin in Confederate army, 1858-1864.

Historical records survey, State archives survey, 1937.

Description: 6 pp., 28cm.

Florida History

F.077 L477c               

 

Report of Board of Survey on steamer Maple Leaf sunk by a rebel torpedo on April 1, 1864.

Transcribed from a copy of a handwritten document by St. Johns Archaeological Expeditions, Inc. Vessel files, National Archives record group no. 92, records of the Office of the Quartermaster General.

Accompanied by St. Johns Archaeological Expeditions, Inc. report (10 leaves)

Florida History

F.07 M297

 

Moore, Samuel Lewis.

Autobiography of ... a Confederate soldier, written in 1924 and covering from 1820 to that date.

Miami, Fla., Historical Records and State Archives Surveys, 1937.

Florida History

FB M824ml

 

Papers from family of Judge Swann

Fernandina, Fla.? : Federal Writers' Project 193-?

Description:  1 v. (various pagings) 28 cm.

Florida History

FB R357w

 

Percival, James C.

Diary of James C. Percival, 1863-1865: 83rd. Pennsylvania Regt., 6th Army Corps., Co. G.

Jacksonville, Fla., Historical Records Survey, 1937.

Paged Collection, Main Library

973.782 P429d

 

Richardson, Wade H.

How I reached the Union lines, microform.

Milwaukee, Meyer-Rotier Print. Co., 1905.

Description: 48 pp., 23 cm.

Main Library

E492 .C581 1990 FL:3 Microfiche                                      

 

Robinson, Calvin L.

A Yankee in a Confederate town: the journal of Calvin L. Robinson.

Sarasota, Fla., Pineapple Press, 2002.

Florida History                        or                        Main Library

F319 .J1 R63 2002                                         F319 .J1 R63 2002

 

Rose Cottage Chronicles: Civil War letters of the Bryant-Stephens families of North Florida, edited by Arch Fredric Blakey, Ann Smith Lainhart, and Winston Bryant Stephens, Jr.

Gainesville, University Press of Florida, c1998.

Florida History                        or                        Main Library

E605 .R77 1998                         E605 .R77 1998

 

Sawtelle, Daniel W. (Daniel Withum), 1838-1931.

All's for the best: the Civil War reminiscences and letters of Daniel W. Sawtelle, Eighth Maine Volunteer Infantry, edited with an introduction by Peter H. Buckingham.

Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press, 2001.

Florida History

E511.5 8th .S28 2001

 

Silliman, Justus Mitchell, 1842-1896.

A New Canaan private in the Civil War: letters of Justus M. Silliman, 17th Connecticut Volunteers; Edward Marcus, editor.

New Canaan, Conn., New Canaan Historical Society, c1984.

Florida History

F.07 S584n

 

Vann, Enoch. Mrs.

Fragments of the Confederacy, by Mrs. Enoch Vann, historian of the Elizabeth Harris Chapter, U. D. C.

Madison, Fla., Historical records survey, State archives survey, 1937.

Florida History

F.07 V264f

 

Watson, Robert, 1835-1911.

Title:  Southern service on land