THE JACKSONVILLE HEADQUARTERS,FLORIDA MILITAR
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTH WAS VERY IMPORTANT THREE TO FIVE YEARS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.A THREE STATE MILITARY DISTRICT WAS COMPRISED AND IMPLEMENTED. FLORIDA,GEORGIA,AND ALABAMA,IN 1868.THIS DISTRICT WOULD BEAR UPON THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY AND THE PEOPLE. CIVIL GOV'T. AND MILITARY POWER WORKED UNDER FEDERAL COMMAND.DIFFERENT MILITARY UNITS WERE POSTED INTO THESE DISTRICTS THAT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE. 33RD INF.REGT.,15TH INF.REGT.,AND THE OHIO 75TH INF.AS TIME PAST,WE REALLY PUT A LOT OF BASES IN FLORIDA. ESPECIALLY DURING THE WAR PERIODS FOLLOWING. TRINING POSTS BASES AND STATIONS OF ALL MILITARY BRANCHES. EVEN TO NOW MAINTAINING SOME OVERSEAS MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. JOSEPH
Posted by Joseph Nance May 11 2008 12:57:53:000AM
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