Come join us at the annual reenactment of the Battle of Ocean Pond or as it as sometimes known, The Battle of Olustee!   The battle was the largest land encounter fought in Florida during the Civil War.  It was fought in February of 1864 and was a Confederate victory.  The battle repulsed an [...]

     Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is almost universally admired as one of the greatest presidents of the United States and worshipped by some as “The Great Emancipator”,  almost as if he was sent from above to bring about the abolishment of slavery. Neither of these popular beliefs [...]

  Confederate Camp – 5th Georgia – 1861      The brave Confederate soldier often had to endure hardships that are unthinkable to us today.  From the marches that lasted from before dawn until well after dusk to the horrible monotony of camp life, the soldiers had much to complain about but the thing that bothered [...]