Confederate Florida: The Road to Olustee - Softcover

Nulty, William H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0817307486 ISBN 13: 9780817307486

Publisher: University Alabama Press, 1994

Synopsis

A new look at the engagement at Olustee, Florida

At the end of 1863 the Federal forces in the Department of the South were tied up in siege operations against Charleston and Savannah, operations that showed little progress or promise. The commander of the Department, Major General Quincy A. Gillmore, led an expedition into Florida to recruit blacks, cut off commissary supplies headed for other parts of the Confederacy, and disrupt the railroad system within Florida. Expedition forces landed at Jacksonville on February 7, 1864.

 

The engagement at Olustee, not far from Gainesville, took place on February 20, 1864. it was the largest Civil War battle in Florida and one of the bloodiest Union defeats of the entire war. Nonetheless, because the engagement forced the Confederacy to divert 15,000 men from the thinly manned defense of Charleston and Savannah, it delayed critical reinforcement of the Army of Tennessee, which was fighting desperately to prevent the Union invasion of northwestern Georgia. Makin use of detailed maps and diagrams, Nulty presents a vivid account of this fascination Civil War effort.

About this title

About the Author

William H. Nulty, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.M.C. (ret.), is an instructor at Orange Park High School, Orange Park, Florida.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0817307486
• ISBN 13: 9780817307486
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288