St. Joseph Confederate Saltworks
N 29° 41.011 W 085° 19.638
16R E 661849 N 3284887
One of many salt works in this part of the coast attacked by the Federals during the Civil War
Waymark Code: WMDMJ8
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2012
Views: 14
A major Confederate saltworks, with daily capacity of 150 bushels, before completion, was located 200 feet north. Brick foundations were salvaged from ruins of the Old City of St. Joseph. Salt processed by evaporation of seawater was one of Florida's two chief contributions to the Confederacy. These saltworks destroyed September 8, 1862, by U.S.S. Kingfisher, by bombardment and landing party action. Destruction of Confederate saltworks was a comparable blow "to the Southern cause as the fall of Charleston."
Marker Number: F-119
Date: 1964
County: Gulf
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials In Cooperation With Gulf County Historical Commission
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