Erected by the Chipola Historical Trust, this marker is located at the 1850 Holden House. The house was the residence of William E. Anderson who was a brigadier general in the Florida militia before the Civil War.

Captured during the Battle of Marianna while serving with the Home Guards, he identified himself as a brigadier general and was imprisoned with other Confederate officers at New Orleans, Fort Lafayette in New York, and Fort Warren in Massachusetts. He was released from the latter prison on June 26, 1865, after signing an affidavit verifying that he had never held the rank of brigadier general in the service of the Confederacy.

The building was briefly occupied by Union troops after the Battle of Marianna and presumably looted, but was not destroyed. The house was also the post-war residence of Dr. Julius T. Holden, surgeon of the 6th Florida Infantry from 1862 until his surrender at Durham Station, North Carolina in April 1865.

The house is privately owned and is not open for tours.

Information Provided by Florida Division of Historical Resources