Loring Memorial

This monument was erected in 1920 on the Government House grounds by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in honor of Confederate Major General William Wing Loring. Loring spent his childhood in St. Augustine, and his ashes are imbedded in ...

Government House

On March 11, 1862, a small Union landing party under the command of Naval Commander C. R. P. Rogers proceeded to the Government House, the seat of local government constructed in the early 1700s.

There, Commander Rogers informed the St. ...

Dummett House/St. Francis Inn

Owned by Confederate Lieutenant General William J. Hardee, this c.1791 house was theresidence of his sister-in-law Anna Dummett, an ardent Confederate supporter, who raised the widowed Hardee's four children there while he served as Commandant of Cadets at West Point ...

Arrivas House

Constructed in c.1740, this house was the residence of Paul Arnau, the St. Augustine Collector of Customs and Superintendent of Lighthouses. In January 1861, Confederate authorities ordered the St. Augustine Lighthouse to be darkened.

Arnau oversaw its darkening, and the ...

Westview Cemetery - Palatka

This cemetery contains the remains of at least 49 Confederate veterans, including Captain Winston J.T. Stephens of the 2nd Florida Cavalry who was killed during a skirmish at Cedar Creek west of Jacksonville in 1864, and Colonel Hubbard L. Hart, ...

St. Mark's Episcopal Church - Palatka

Constructed in 1854, this is the oldest church in Palatka. During the Federal occupations of Palatka, the church was used as a military barracks for Union troops. A State Historical Marker at the site provides information on the church's history.

http://stmarkspalatka.net/history.aspx

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Fort Shannon Officers Quarters

Believed to have been constructed in c.1842 as a part of the Seminole War era Fort Shannon, the building was in private ownership by the time of the Civil War. It was used as a military barracks by Union troops ...

Bronson-Mulholland House

The Bronson-Mulholland House was constructed in 1854 by United States District Judge Isaac Bronson. After his death in 1855, his widow Sophronia Bronson remained at the house until the outbreak of the Civil War when she returned to her former ...

Merrick-Simmons House

After the Union occupation of Fernandina in 1862, this c.1860 house was used as a hospital for Union troops. In June 1863, the property passed to the ownership of Chloe Merrick in a tax sale of abandoned Confederate properties and ...

Fort Clinch State Park

A part of the park system since 1935, Fort Clinch is one of the most well-preserved 19th century forts in the country. Although no battles were fought here, it was garrisoned during both the Civil and Spanish-American wars.

Construction of ...