Lincoln and Florida

A double post today!

The Florida State Library recently announced that they have put up a new website on the Florida Memory Project (a great resource about Florida) that is entitled “Lincoln Letters” at the State Archives of Florida. Lincoln never visited Florida but Florida played a pivotal role during the role. Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island off of Pensacola almost became the site of the first shot of the Civil War. Key West served as a major Union base and Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas was a major Union prison.

The letters and diaries make fascinating reading from a Florida perspective.