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The 5th Florida Infantry Regiment served in E.A. Perry's Florida Brigade alongside the 2nd and 8th Florida. Perry's Brigade served under Anderson’s Division of Longstreet’s First Corps, of the Army of Northern Virginia. [1] They fought in the Battles of Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, and Antietam from August–September 1862.
The Florida Brigade was engaged at the Battle of Gettysburg and participated in Pickett's Charge on the battle's third and final day. After the Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania in 1864, the brigade was joined by the victors of the Battle of Olustee , the 9th, 10th, and 11th Regiments.
Note that the caption erroneously states that Perry led the brigade at Gettysburg. Instead, it was David Lang who led the Brigade. The first unit in the brigade to see combat was the 2nd Florida Regiment at a skirmish near Yorktown in early May 1862 as part of the Siege of Yorktown. [2] In August 1862, reinforcements from Florida arrived in ...
After a hiatus, Civil War reenactors were back for the 159th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. History buffs, gun enthusiasts, and family history aficionados return to Gettysburg Skip to ...
Serving in the Army of Northern Virginia throughout the war; it fought in most battles of the Eastern Theater. In the summer of 1862, the 8th Florida was organized in Lake City. It was deployed to Virginia with 950 combat effectives [1] and assigned to Edward A. Perry's newly formed Florida Brigade alongside the 2nd and 5th Florida regiments.
Feb. 3—"If you're interested in the Civil War," the Chickamauga Civil War Show "is the show to come to," said Nathan Smith, one of a group of Civil War reenactors who attended the show Saturday ...
Reenactors in period uniforms firing muskets in the Battle of Waterloo reenactment, in front of the wood of Hougoumont, 2011. Historical reenactment (or re-enactment) is an educational or entertainment activity in which mainly amateur hobbyists and history enthusiasts dress in historical uniforms and follow a plan to recreate aspects of a historical event or period.
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