Monument to the Women of the Confederacy

It was during a 1900 Florida reunion of the United Confederate Veterans (UCV) that serious discussion of the possibility of a memorial to the Women of the Confederacy developed, and in 1901 the Florida Division of the UCV formally resolved ...

Mandarin Museum and Historical Society

The mission of the Mandarin Museum and Historical Society is to preserve buildings, artifacts and sites related to the history of Mandarin and its residents.

A highlight of the collection is the Maple Leaf exhibit. Leased to the Union Army ...

Confederate Monument - Jacksonville

Located in Hemming Plaza, the monument was erected in 1898 and paid for by Charles C. Hemming, a wealthy banker and Confederate veteran. Hemming had joined the Jacksonville Light Infantry in 1861, fought in the western theater, and was captured ...

Sanderson Camp Historical Marker

This site was used by both Union and Confederate soldiers as a camp during the campaign of 1864. The camp was used as a Confederate supply depot but it was abandoned on February 9, 1864.

From the 9th to the 13th, ...

Fort Ward, San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park

Located at the confluence of the St. Marks and Wakulla Rivers, Native Americans used the site of Fort San Marcos de Apalache for thousands of years. The park museum displays pottery and tools unearthed near the original fort.

Beginning in ...

Wardlaw-Smith-Goza House

Prominent Madison County citizen, Benjamin F. Wardlaw, began construction of this house in 1860. The home served as a temporary hospital for Confederate and Union wounded following the Battle of Olustee in February 1864. In May 1865, Confederate Secretary of ...

Treasures of Madison County Museum and Genealogical Library

Located in the restored 1890s W.T. Davis Building, these organizations promote the cultural heritage of Madison County through artifact, photographic, and genealogical collections. In their collections are copies of historic photographs, Civil War letters, and a journal from Madison County ...

Oakland Cemetery

Civil War Heritage Trail

This cemetery contains the remains of

at least 15 Confederate veterans and

one Union veteran. Also buried here

is John C. McGehee, a prosperous

Madison County plantation owner and

staunch proponent of states' rights who

was a ...

Cedar Keys Lighthouse

The Cedar Keys Lighthouse was constructed in 1854 on Seahorse Key under the supervision of Lieutenant George G. Meade, who, in 1863, would command the Union Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Gettysburg.

After the start of the Civil ...

Old Island Hotel

This building was constructed just prior to the Civil War in c.1859-1860 as the Parsons and Hale General Store. During the Civil War, one of the store owners, Captain John Parsons who had large property holdings at Bayport, raised and ...