Olustee Battle Monument - Lake City, FL
N 30° 11.409 W 082° 38.214
17R E 342415 N 3340987
The Olustee Battle Monument is an obelisk and is located in a city park in the Lake City Historic Commercial District in Lake City, Florida.
Waymark Code: WM31CV
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2008
Views: 37
The monument is an obelisk located in the southwest corner of Olustee Park and at the northeast corner of the intersection of Marion and Orange Streets in downtown Lake City.
Text on the front of the monument reads from top to bottom:
"Officers Commanding"
"Brigadier-General, Joseph Finnegan"
"Lieutenant-Colonel, Charles Hopkins, 1st Battalion"
"Lieutenant-Colonel, Theo Brevard, 2nd Battalion"
"Lieutenant-Colonel, McClellan, 4th Battalion"
"Lieutenant-Colonel, John M. Martin, 6th Battalion"
"This monument erected to perpetuate in loving memory the 151 soldiers of the Confederate Army who lost their lives at the Battle of Olustee and who now lie buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Lake City, Florida."
"February 20th - Olustee Battle - 1864"
"Bodies lie ten blocks northwest from this monument in Oaklawn Cemetery."
Date Created/Placed: 1934
Height: 20 feet
Address: Not listed
Illuminated: Not Listed
Website: Not listed
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