Key West During the Civil War

[@stevenhall9009]

I've been lucky enough to explore the forts of Key West & camp at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas. I really loved the Exquisite masonry craftsmanship of the forts.

[@openminds8765]

Good knowledge - Thanks for spending the time to make the video and all your research📚📓📒📖📕

[@jameshostetter8869]

Florida civil war history must be preserved! Great video

[@gRosh08]

Thanks for sharing.

[@waynesigmon5628]

I salute those 15 loyal Southerners

[@brittenyevans1101]

I always wondered about this, but where exactly were the Native Americans living in the keys around this time.

[@hannahpumpkins4359]

They were all over the islands - there was a huge settlement on Indian Key (site of the massacre later) off Islamorada, they were in Marathon, most likely in Big Pine because of all the fresh water and abundant wildlife there, definitely on the Lower Keys (there are old shell middens all over the place there- basically the old rubbish piles left behind by the Indians), and Key West was a Calusa Indian burial ground called 'Cayo Hueso', meaning 'island of bones' - settlers probably re-interpreted 'Cayo Hueso' to mean 'Key West'. If you go there, stay in Marathon at a small local place, like the Keys Cottages (it's cheaper, and you get the feel of how the islands are laid-back), go out fishing on the Captain Michael at Robbie's Marina in Islamorada (do a night trip - and make sure you feed the tarpon there; almost ant local restaurant will cook your catch for you - have them make it 'Keys Style', which is a combination of some fillets being friend, some blackened some with lemon, etc), and take the seaplane trip to the Dry Tortugas/Fort Jefferson - I used to live in Marathon, for years. In Key West instead of Sloppy Joe's, go to Captain Tony's and ask about the tree growing in the middle, see the Mel Fisher Treasure Museum (sold gold bars, emeralds, etc recovered from old Spanish shipwrecks off the Keys), have breakfast at Blue Heaven, eat like a local: Conch fritters, fish dip, and Cuban, and jump off the bridge on Sugarloaf Key: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJvUl4yEa8unpZI

[@jameshostetter8869]

Florida civil war history!must be preserved

[@unikuadam6035]

That's already old -the didn't build that -those bricks are way way older than they say-

[@mlbowen6476]

More revisionist and politically correct history. The majority of Key West residents were pro South. Slavery did not end in Key West with Union occupation. Slavery remained legal in Key West, just like it did in Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia, and Delaware until the end of the war and ratification of the 13th Amendment. Mallory Square is named after Stephen Mallory who was from Key West and Secretary of the Confederate Navy.

[@joefitzpatrick7563]

Thank you for that info this gentlemen seems to have let his personal political viewpoint get in the way of his telling of history.

[@felixpetitt2149]

The Civil War for Key West was so contentious during that time as Fort Jefferson took prisoners from the war to the isolated garrison to help finish the construction of the fort under extreme heat, starvation, and yellow fever the Key West population and Cuban population were dealing with the same issues. Children were sent to Key West from Cuba to protect them and yet the mosquitos brought the pestilence to our shores and mangroves and undergone cisterns and killed many. It was a sad time with the backdrop of rebellion and increased military presence that also succumbed to the Florida Keys hostile environment. What is fascinating is how the military and civilian populous worked together to irradiated the mosquito infestation and supply chain whoahs. From the Civil War Cubans found revolution in the air... but that is another time.

[@felixpetitt2149]

Apologies for the misspellings. Evidently Android likes to write too and in doing so selects words on its own instead of leaving as is. Hooray to modern technology leading us into a future of poorly worded tropes. Yes, I said tropes. What can be said that has not already been read? Oh, how delightful.

[@unikuadam6035]

Fort Jefferson was already there all the "Forts " were

[@sirenscalllntothedeep6306]

100 miles of small Island's, Mangrove swamps, no roads. Erect a Fort arm it with Rodmens . What a Defence. To bad they destroyed the top part of our Fort. 🙂 well at least we have good records an Pictures