Battle of Natural Bridge

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The Battle of Natural Bridge was an 1865 American Civil War engagement near Tallahassee, Florida, in which Confederate forces repelled a Union attempt to capture the state capital.

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Battle of Natural Bridge canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
associatedWith Leon County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Marks, Florida ⓘ
Tallahassee, Florida ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaign Union expedition against Tallahassee ⓘ
category Battles of the American Civil War in Florida ⓘ
History of Tallahassee, Florida ⓘ
commander George Washington Scott ⓘ
John Milton Brannan ⓘ
John Newton ⓘ
William Miller ⓘ
confederateGoal prevent Union capture of Tallahassee ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country Confederate States of America ⓘ
date March 6, 1865 ⓘ
defensiveWork Confederate earthworks at Natural Bridge ⓘ
forceType Confederate militia ⓘ
Confederate regular troops ⓘ
Union infantry ⓘ
Union naval landing party ⓘ
front Gulf Coast operations ⓘ
hasCommemoration annual reenactments at Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park ⓘ
location Leon County, Florida ⓘ
near Tallahassee, Florida ⓘ
memorial Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park ⓘ
namedAfter Natural Bridge on the St. Marks River ⓘ
notableFact Tallahassee became the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River not captured by Union forces ⓘ
notableParticipation Confederate cadets from the West Florida Seminary ⓘ
objective Union attempt to capture Tallahassee ⓘ
defense of Tallahassee ⓘ
partOf Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Union landing at the St. Marks River ⓘ
preservedAs battlefield park ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
river St. Marks River ⓘ
siteDesignation U.S. National Historic Landmark ⓘ
state Florida ⓘ
statePark Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park ⓘ
strategicSignificance helped keep Tallahassee from Union occupation ⓘ
timePeriod final months of the American Civil War ⓘ
unionGoal capture Tallahassee, Florida ⓘ
disrupt Confederate defenses near Tallahassee ⓘ
year 1865 ⓘ

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Civil War in Florida → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Natural Bridge ⓘ
Civil War in Florida → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Natural Bridge ⓘ