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After very much enjoying my trip to Virginia and the Gettysburg reenactment this summer, I wanted to repeat that kind of vacationing and go to another reenactment. @captaindrew keeps recommending Olustee. So I planned a two weeks north Florida ACW trip around the Olustee reenactment in February 2020.
Thanks to @bdtex 's link to this lovely book about the ACW in Florida and other threads about Florida in the Traveler's companion, I've assembled the following agenda:
Day 0: in the evening arrival in Orlando
Day 1: Gainesville: Old Gainesville Depot, Evergreen Cemetery, Haile Homestead at Kanapaha Plantation, Confederate monuments at Alachua County Courthouse grounds
Day 2: Cedar Key: Seahorse Key Lighthouse, Museum State Park
Day 3: Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park
Day 4: Tallahassee: State Capitol museum, Fort Houstoun, Museum of Florida History, Old City Cemetery, Call-Collins House “The Grove”
Day 5: Fort Ward (San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park), St. Marks Lighthouse, Suwanee River State Park
Day 6: Olustee reenactment: Civil War Memorial Service in Oaklawn Cemetery, Olustee battlefield hiking
Day 7: Olustee reenactment
Day 8: Olustee reenactment
Day 9: Jacksonville: Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park, Confederate Camp Milton, Evergreen Cemetery, Old City Cemetery, Confederate Monument, Monument to CS Women
Day 10: Amelia Island: Fort Clinch State Park, Amelia Island Lighthouse, Bosque Bello Cemetery
Day 11: St. Augustine: Fort Augustine (Castillo de San Marco National Landmark), St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, Loring Memorial, Conf. Monument on Plaza de la Constitucion, St. Augustine National Cemetery, San Lorenzo Cemetery, Tolomato Cemetery
Day 12: Orlando: Confederate Monument, Greenwood Cemetery, in the afternoon/evening departure home
Am I missing anything ACW related in these locations? Anything not worth stopping at?
Does anyone have suggestions I need/should see in this area that's not ACW related?
Also, if anyone has book suggestions about the Civil War in Florida, shoot!
Many thanks in advance!
Thanks to @bdtex 's link to this lovely book about the ACW in Florida and other threads about Florida in the Traveler's companion, I've assembled the following agenda:
Day 0: in the evening arrival in Orlando
Day 1: Gainesville: Old Gainesville Depot, Evergreen Cemetery, Haile Homestead at Kanapaha Plantation, Confederate monuments at Alachua County Courthouse grounds
Day 2: Cedar Key: Seahorse Key Lighthouse, Museum State Park
Day 3: Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park
Day 4: Tallahassee: State Capitol museum, Fort Houstoun, Museum of Florida History, Old City Cemetery, Call-Collins House “The Grove”
Day 5: Fort Ward (San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park), St. Marks Lighthouse, Suwanee River State Park
Day 6: Olustee reenactment: Civil War Memorial Service in Oaklawn Cemetery, Olustee battlefield hiking
Day 7: Olustee reenactment
Day 8: Olustee reenactment
Day 9: Jacksonville: Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park, Confederate Camp Milton, Evergreen Cemetery, Old City Cemetery, Confederate Monument, Monument to CS Women
Day 10: Amelia Island: Fort Clinch State Park, Amelia Island Lighthouse, Bosque Bello Cemetery
Day 11: St. Augustine: Fort Augustine (Castillo de San Marco National Landmark), St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, Loring Memorial, Conf. Monument on Plaza de la Constitucion, St. Augustine National Cemetery, San Lorenzo Cemetery, Tolomato Cemetery
Day 12: Orlando: Confederate Monument, Greenwood Cemetery, in the afternoon/evening departure home
Am I missing anything ACW related in these locations? Anything not worth stopping at?
Does anyone have suggestions I need/should see in this area that's not ACW related?
Also, if anyone has book suggestions about the Civil War in Florida, shoot!
Many thanks in advance!