Old Plank Road - Duval County, FL
N 30° 19.757 W 081° 52.156
17R E 416437 N 3355593
Old Plank Road in Duval County, Florida, USA, was regularly used by soldiers stationed at Camp Milton during the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WM2TAJ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/18/2007
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Very little information is available about the history of Old Plank Road; however, there are a few references available on the internet about its use during the Civil War
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The Camp Milton web link above provides the following information about the plank road: "The goal of these fortification was to block Union advances along Old Plank Road and the Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central Railroad (FA&GC) toward Baldwin, Florida, which served as an important Confederate supply center and railhead. Following the Federal defeat at the Battle of Olustee, Camp Milton briefly protected North Florida's primary transportation networks and an agricultural region critical to the Confederate war effort."