The Reenactment of the Battle of Olustee returned to Baker County on Friday, Feb. 16 for a weekend dedicated to preserving the history of the largest battle in Florida during the Civil War. The Battle ...

Are “the dead of Olustee” resting in a place of honor, even though their names have been lost since the Civil War? A history professor who has studied the battle’s dead says the weight of evidence is ...

About 5,500 Union soldiers and about 5,000 Confederates clashed in the pines and swampland of Baker County in February 1864. Federal leaders wanted to disrupt Florida’s shipments f items including ...

The Battle of Olustee (or Battle of Ocean Pond) was fought on Feb. 20, 1864. It was the largest Civil War battle in Florida. The Battle of Olustee (or Battle of Ocean Pond) was fought on Feb. 20, 1864 ...

Eleven thousand men fought at the Battle of Olustee, the largest Civil War battle in Florida, which took place on Feb. 20, 1864. The fighting took place on the floor of a virgin pine forest and lasted ...

LEARNING HER PLACE: Sheila Tucker, President of John B. Gordon 383 UDC attended "Colors" at the Monument/Museum Field. (Submitted Photo) OLUSTEE- Bruce and Sheila Tucker, from the Sandhill Community ...

Private Jimmy Shirley, 7th Florida Volunteer Infantry, Company B, staggers back, a series of bullets ripping into his chest. He slumps and falls on his face, dead. His wispy gray whiskers tangle in ...

Are “the dead of Olustee” resting in a place of honor, even though their names have been lost since the Civil War? One hundred and sixty-one years after that war’s largest Florida battle, a “serious ...

The Battle of Olustee took place in February 1864 in Baker County, Florida. Confederate forces intercepted the Union troops, resulting in a significant Confederate victory. The battle resulted in ...

New research suggests Union soldiers from the Battle of Olustee may be buried in Beaufort National Cemetery in South Carolina. This contradicts the belief that the soldiers rest in an unmarked mass ...