City: Sanderson   County: Baker   Year: 1961
Location: U.S. Hwy. 90 between C.R. 229 and Thomas Sweat Rd.

This site was used by both Union and Confederate soldiers as a camp during the campaign of 1864. The camp was used as a Confederate supply depot but it was abandoned on February 9, 1864. From the 9th to the 13th, it was held by Federals and used as a base for raids on Lake City and Gainesville. On February 20 the site was by Federals attacking Olustee. In retreat from Olustee the camp again fell into Confederate hands.

Civil war scene; upper image sanderson Florida before Olustee

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