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Whoever stated in the Background section that General Beauregard initiated the dispatch of additional Confederate troops to Florida to counter the arrival of Union forces is correct. Often, people credit Finigan with requesting the troops. Not mentioned is the fact that Beauregard actually began sending troops even before the Union forces landed. He had kept an eye on the Union HQs at Hilton Head and when the transports left, heading south, he determined that Florida was the target. All I did in my edit was to further explain this timeline so it didn't look like Seymour was advancing toward Lake City and then Beauregard decided to send reinforcements. After all, he had to send them by rail all the way out to Alabama, when they then had to march to cross country to another railroad in western Florida and then journey to Lake City. This took considerable time. Also, Seymour initially sent troops out to north Central Florida, overran several Florida militia camps, and then pulled back. Later, he lead his main forces out again, but this time came up against the reinforced veteran troops at Olustee. If Seymour had kept going on his first thrust into Florida, the ending might well have been different. Trfasulo ( talk) 13:27, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Since the battle took place on 20 February, 1864, the National Flag the Confederates would have fought under would be the "Second National" (1863), not the "Third National" (March 1865). Thomas R. Fasulo ( talk) 00:32, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
This battle was the 3rd bloodiest battle for the Union, in regards to the ratio of casualties for the numbers involved - almost 40%. It was not the 3rd bloodiest battle of the war as others were far worse. This is why I undid a revision stating it to be the third bloodiest battle of the war. As far as the Confederate forces were concerned, despite 20% casualties at Olustee, I suspect that their bloodiest battles were Chancellorsville (30%), Franklin, Gettysburg, etc. Thomas R. Fasulo ( talk) 19:43, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
Agree with the above comments. You list this as "one of the bloodiest Union defeats", but with 200 killed and 1,000 wounded, this ranks far below Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor, Spotsylvania, both Bull Runs. By Civil War standards, the losses here are no where near "the bloodiest". — Preceding
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Was General Beauregard in Charleston, S.C., or in Savannah, GA, when he ordered reinforcements to Florida? Thomas R. Fasulo ( talk) 00:33, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
"Finegan did not exploit the retreat, allowing most of the fleeing Union forces to reach Jacksonville. The Confederates did attempt to engage the rear element of Seymour's forces"
So the Confederates acted without orders or were ordered back by Finegan? Hcobb ( talk) 16:49, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
"There is also considerable evidence from Confederate memoirs and letters that the high Union casualties were partially the result of Confederate troops murdering wounded and captured African-American Union soldiers"
Murdering the wounded or captured would not change number of casualties, as if one was already wounded or captured they would already be added to the casualty figure. I am changing it to "There is evidence from Confederate memoirs and letters that Confederate troops murdered wounded and captured African-American Union soldiers." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dillion3384 ( talk • contribs) 21:24, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
The ultimate result of this is that all mention of the Confederate murder of injured Black Union soldiers has been removed from this page. Shameful whitewashing.
Restored the massacre claims with backup citations. Voss749 ( talk) 02:47, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
There's no compass rose on the battle map, so maybe rather than say it's "incorrect" I should say it's unspecified. But the map is oriented with West at the top, not North. In the absence of any indicator of north on the map, most viewers will assume that North is at the top, and that the battle took place to the southwest of Ocean Pond. In fact, the battle was southeast of Ocean Pond.
Basically, the map would be correct if it were rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise. You can see a properly-oriented (north at the top) historical map here.
It'd be nice if we could just use that map, but the site is operated by the Florida Department of State and its content is copyrighted.
So that leaves correcting the existing map (or creating a new one). Just rotating it is a bad idea -- it'll rotate the text labels as well, making it almost unreadable. I haven't got the software (or skills) to modify the .svg image to correct the labels after rotating the map. Any takers? Rob ( talk) 19:44, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
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The date of the reenactment and accompanying festival is the Sunday on or before the date of the actual battle Feb 20. It has no relation to President's Day other than coincidence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.84.149.177 ( talk) 18:32, 22 May 2018 (UTC)