City: Marianna   County: Jackson   Year: 1961
Location: U.S.90(E. Lafayette) & S.R.167(S. Jefferson) at Co

On September 27, 1864, Gen Asboth's force of 700 Federal calvary from Pensacola arrived in the Marianna area to forage and secure Negro recruits. Confederate forces of a few hundred home guardsmen barricaded the streets of Marianna and withstood the first assault but Confederate casualties were 26, Federal about 55. Marianna was spared, but St. Luke's Church, situated in the middle of the battle, was burned.

196- Photo of Marianna Battle Monument

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