On this episode, I'm joined by Walter Cook and Gavin Thomas, of the Liberty Guards Mess, to discuss their living history organization, as well as the history of Florida during the Civil War: its prominent politicians, soldiers, regiments and brigades, as well as key battles and events. 

Information mentioned:

Movie: "The Great Locomotive Chase", 1956, Fess Parker

Pioneer Florida Museum, Dade City https://www.pioneerfloridamuseum.org/

Fort Clinch https://www.floridastateparks.org/fortclinch

Olustee Battlefield and Reenactment https://battleofolustee.org/

Natural Bridge Battlefield https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/natural-bridge-battlefield-historic-state-park

"By the Noble Daring of Her Sons: The Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee," by Jonathan Sheppard

"A Small But Spartan Band: The Florida Brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia," by Zack Waters and James Edmonds

"Southern Service On Land and Sea," by Robert Watson

"Footprints of a Regiment" by W.H. Andrews 

"Civil War Journal and Letters of Sergeant Washington Ives, 4th Florida" by Jim Cabaniss 

"Rearguard of the Confederacy: The Second Florida Infantry Regiment," by Shane Turner, M.A. Thesis: Florida State University

Jasper Jackson Dykes Letters, 2nd Florida Cavalry

"Rose Cottage Chronicles: Civil War Letters of the Bryant-Stephens Families of North Florida" 

Perryville, KY Battlefield https://www.perryvillebattlefield.org/

Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefield https://www.nps.gov/chch/index.htm

Gettysburg Battlefield https://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm

Franklin, TN Battlefield https://boft.org/

Fort Clinch Living History Event, January 6-8, 2023