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Creation Date
8-4-2012
Building Name
Olustee Battle Monument
Historic District
Lake City Historic Commercial District
Description
Olustee Battle Monument - Lake City, FL
The Olustee Battle Monument is located in a city park in the Lake City Historic Commercial District in Lake City, Florida. The monument is an obelisk located in the southwest corner of Olustee Park. This monument was probably placed between 1910-1915.
The text on the monument reads as :
"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."
Latitude, Longitude
30.18959722, -82.63676667
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George Lansing Jr., "Olustee Battle Monument, Lake City, FL" (2012). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 3038.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/3038
