Battle of Olustee

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The Battle of Olustee was a major American Civil War engagement in Florida in 1864, where Confederate forces repelled a Union expedition, halting Federal attempts to disrupt Confederate supply lines and restore Florida to the Union.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Ocean Pond ⓘ
associatedWith Emancipation and use of African American troops in combat ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaign Florida campaign of 1864 ⓘ
commemoratedOn annual reenactments at Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park ⓘ
ConfederateCasualtiesApprox about 900 casualties ⓘ
ConfederateCommander Alfred H. Colquitt ⓘ
Joseph Finegan ⓘ
ConfederateForceType Army of the Confederate States ⓘ
ConfederateStrengthApprox about 5,000 troops ⓘ
ConfederateUnitsInvolved Georgia brigades under Alfred H. Colquitt ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date February 20, 1864 ⓘ
followedBy Union withdrawal to Jacksonville ⓘ
front Southern coastal front of the American Civil War ⓘ
location Baker County, Florida ⓘ
near Olustee Station, Florida ⓘ
memorial Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park monument ⓘ
objectiveOfConfederacy defend Florida ⓘ
objectiveOfUnion disrupt Confederate supply lines ⓘ
restore Florida to the Union ⓘ
partOf Union expedition to Florida ⓘ
precededBy Union capture of Jacksonville, Florida (1864) ⓘ
preservation site commemorated by Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
significance halted major Union offensive operations in interior Florida ⓘ
largest Civil War battle fought in Florida ⓘ
prevented immediate re-establishment of a Union government in Florida ⓘ
protected Confederate supply routes in Florida ⓘ
state Florida ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Confederate forces held the field ⓘ
Union forces retreated toward Jacksonville ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesApprox over 1,800 casualties ⓘ
UnionCommander Truman Seymour ⓘ
UnionForceType Army of the United States ⓘ
linked to: United States Army
UnionGoal recruit formerly enslaved people into Union forces ⓘ
secure cotton and other supplies for the Union ⓘ
UnionStrengthApprox about 5,500 troops ⓘ
UnionUnitsInvolved 35th United States Colored Infantry ⓘ
7th New Hampshire Infantry ⓘ
8th United States Colored Infantry ⓘ
United States Colored Troops regiments ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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