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Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park is located on U.S. Highway 90 just east of the community of Olustee, Florida. The
battlefield is about 15 miles east of Lake City and is only three miles from Interstate 10. The photographs below provide an
idea of how the site of Florida's largest Civil War battle appears today. Please click here to visit our main Olustee page.
battlefield is about 15 miles east of Lake City and is only three miles from Interstate 10. The photographs below provide an
idea of how the site of Florida's largest Civil War battle appears today. Please click here to visit our main Olustee page.
| This is a view of the primary monument at Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park. The monument is adjacent to the visitor center and is flanked by smaller memorials to Generals Finegan and Colquitt. |
| Artillery played a critical role in the Battle of Olustee and inflicted severe casualties on the Union forces. These field pieces are displayed near the visitor center and primary monument. |
| United Daughters of the Confederacy from Georgia erected this monument on the battlefield to memorialize the leadership of Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt. He was a native Georgian. |
| United Daughters of the Confederacy from Florida erected this stone in memory of Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan, a Floridian and the overall Southern commander at the Battle of Olustee. |
Online Tour - The Battle of Olustee, Florida
Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park
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| This display stands at the entrance to the trails that lead along the lines of battle at Olustee. The trails were established in a cooperative effort by the state park and the Osceola National Forest. |
| This view looks along the site of the final Confederate line of battle at Olustee. The engagement was fought in the open pine woods, without the protection of earthworks or other defenses. |
| This is a view looking down the trail that follows the final position held by Union forces at Olustee. The battle raged across a front that extended for more than one mile through the open pine woods. |
| This photographs shows the approximate final position of the famed 54th Massachusetts Infantry at the Battle of Olustee. The African American Regiment sustained heavy casualties in the fight. |
| The Union army advanced and retreated along a dirt road that roughly paralleled the Atlantic - Gulf Central Railroad. This is a view of the tracks at the point they cross through the battlefield park. |
| The Union dead were buried in a mass grave on the battlefield. It is believed that the unfortunate soldiers still rest in the burial pit, marked today by this cross that is a reproduction of an earlier wooden marker. |
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