Confederate position at St Johns Bluff, Florida

[ColonelBuckwalter]

This may have been asked before. If it was, please excuse me for the post.

I have been looking for information on the Confeferate position at St Johns Bluff near Jacksonville. Maybr I'm thick, I'm not sure, though you ask my wife you get a huge thumbs up.

Was the position as rhe present day location of the rebuilt Ft Caroline, or in a different position nearer Yellow Bluff? Was it an extention of Ft. Caroline's original lines?
I've seen photos of a hotshot furnace at Ft Caroline...

I'm not even going to get into is Ft Varoline IS Ft Caroline

Thoughts?.

 

[RedRover]

The Confederate battery is that the end of the point, a mile or so west of the reconstructed "Fort Caroline."

The bluff site is presently a mix of public and private property. The principal site of the battery is within National Park property, the "Ribault Column" park section of the Fort Caroline National Memorial includes the area of the Confederate Battery.

Here is an excellent video clip from the site of the Confederate battery now occupied by the "Ribault Column"...

The Spanish-American War "St. Johns Bluff Battery" site a little south of the old Confederate Battery site, was only preserved in the last several years, with it turned over to the National Park Service in 2018....

Spanish American War Battery

In 1898, national attention focused on Florida as the Spanish-American War began. In March 1898, the federal government sent U.S. Army General Wilson to Jacksonville, Florida to survey the St. John…

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[Josh The Lighthouse Guy]

The historic Fort Caroline was only used by the French and Spanish in the 1500s, and is now underwater.

 

[ColonelBuckwalter]

Thank you. I didn't realize how strategic that one place was.