Camp at Sanderson

Camp at Sanderson is a Florida historical marker in Sanderson, Baker County, dedicated 1961.

U.S. Hwy. 90 between C.R. 229 and Thomas Sweat Rd., Sanderson

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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.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1860 · Johnson's Florida (1860) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1868 · Colton's Florida (1868) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1870 · Johnson's Florida (1870) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Intestinal diseases deaths US. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Colton's Florida (1868), 1868, covering the location of Camp at Sanderson, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's Florida (1868), 1868, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

Camp at Sanderson

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