On this episode, I'm joined by Walter Cook and Gavin Thomas, of the Liberty Guards Mess, to discuss their living history organization, as well as the history of Florida during the Civil War: its prominent politicians, soldiers, regiments and brigades, as well as key battles and events.
Movie: "The Great Locomotive Chase", 1956, Fess Parker
Pioneer Florida Museum, Dade City https://www.pioneerfloridamuseum.org/
Fort Clinch https://www.floridastateparks.org/fortclinch
Olustee Battlefield and Reenactment https://battleofolustee.org/
Natural Bridge Battlefield https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/natural-bridge-battlefield-historic-state-park
"By the Noble Daring of Her Sons: The Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee," by Jonathan Sheppard
"A Small But Spartan Band: The Florida Brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia," by Zack Waters and James Edmonds
"Southern Service On Land and Sea," by Robert Watson
"Footprints of a Regiment" by W.H. Andrews
"Civil War Journal and Letters of Sergeant Washington Ives, 4th Florida" by Jim Cabaniss
"Rearguard of the Confederacy: The Second Florida Infantry Regiment," by Shane Turner, M.A. Thesis: Florida State University
Jasper Jackson Dykes Letters, 2nd Florida Cavalry
"Rose Cottage Chronicles: Civil War Letters of the Bryant-Stephens Families of North Florida"
Perryville, KY Battlefield https://www.perryvillebattlefield.org/
Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefield https://www.nps.gov/chch/index.htm
Gettysburg Battlefield https://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm
Franklin, TN Battlefield https://boft.org/
Fort Clinch Living History Event, January 6-8, 2023