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"My Recollections of the Confederate War" by Sylvanus M. Hankins, ca. 1900

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State Archives of Florida, Series S1725

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Sylvanus M. Hankins' recollections of his experiences as an enlisted Confederate soldier during the American Civil War in Florida. Hankins was a private in Company D of the 1st Florida Reserve Regiment for the Confederacy which was one of the units that fought at the Battle of Natural Bridge in March 1865. Hankins begins by discussing Florida's secession in 1861, when Hankins was 14 years old. He recalls how Floridians intially reacted to the threat of war; the raising of military units; the death of his cousin resulting from combat wounds and imprisonment; the imprisonment of women and children and the burning of their homes if their husbands, fathers or brothers were suspected of deserting; the shooting of deserters; the wartime treatment of African-Americans; Hankins' enlistment at age 16; escorting prisoners to Andersonville; the Battle of Natural Bridge; and other wartime events. The date of these recollections is unknown.

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1900 (circa)

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Hankins, Sylvanus M., 1846-1918

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Reminiscences

General Note

Sylvanus Masters Hankins was born on January 15, 1846, to Almaria Church and William W. Hankins in Madison County, Florida. He served in Company D, 11th Florida Regiment at Madison and Company D, 1st Florida Reserves at Madison under Captain John H. Bryan. Hankins was discharged at Madison at the end of the American Civil War. He married Elizabeth V. Stubbs in Orange County on December 24, 1888.

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"My Recollections of the Confederate War" by Sylvanus M. Hankins, ca. 1900

Subject

American Civil War--letters and diaries

American Civil War--United States--Collected correspondence

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.

Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Natural Bridge (Fla.), Battle of, 1865

Civil war

Civil War, 1861-1865

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Hankins, Sylvanus M., 1846-1918

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S1725

Date

1900 (circa)

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reminiscences

Language

eng-US

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Text

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Coverage

Civil War Florida (1861-1865)

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Madison (Fla.)

Madison County (Fla.)

Pensacola (Fla.)

Fort Pickens (Fla.)

Escambia County (Fla.)

Lafayette County (Fla.)

Cooks Hammock (Fla.)

Old Town (Fla.)

Suwannee River (Fla.)

Dixie County (Fla.)

Lake City (Fla.)

Columbia County (Fla.)

Saint Johns River (Fla.)

Cedar Key (Fla.)

Levy County (Fla.)

Gainesville (Fla.)

Alachua County (Fla.)

Jacksonville (Fla.)

Baldwin (Fla.)

Duval County (Fla.)

Saint Marys River (Fla. and Ga.)

Macclenny (Fla.)

Baker County (Fla.)

Fernandina Beach (Fla.)

Nassau County (Fla.)

Live Oak (Fla.)

Suwannee County (Fla.)

Lawton (Ga.)

Du Pont (Ga.)

Quitman (Ga.)

Thomasville (Ga.)

Savannah (Ga.)

Waldo (Fla.)

Andersonville Prison (Ga.)

Quincy (Fla.)

Chattahoochee (Fla.)

Gadsden County (Fla.)

Columbus (Ga.)

Deadman's Bay (Fla.)

Steinhatchee River (Fla.)

Fenholloway River (Fla.)

Greenville (Fla.)

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Leon County (Fla.)

Aucilla River (Fla.)

Saint Marks (Fla.)

Wakulla County (Fla.)

Natural Bridge (Fla.)

Woodville (Fla.)

Callahan (Fla.)

Taylor County (Fla.)

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Military And Veterans

Subject - Corporate

Confederate States of America--Army--Florida Infantry Regiment, 1st.

Confederate States of America--Army--Florida Infantry Regiment, 2nd.

Confederate States of America--Army--Florida Infantry Regiment, 3rd.

Confederate States of America--Army--Florida Infantry Regiment, 5th.

Confederate States of America--Army--Florida Infantry Regiment, 11th.

Columbine (Steamer)

Atlantic & Gulf Railroad

Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central Railroad Company

Pensacola and Georgia Railroad Company

Seaboard Air Line Railway

CSS Jackson (Ironclad)

Confederate States of America--Army--Florida Reserves, 1st. Company D

Subject - Person

Hankins, Sylvanus M., 1846-1918

Bradford, Richard H., 1836-1861

Dial, W. H. (William Henry), 1830-1905

Pillans, William Palmer, 1823-1895

Langford, Thomas, 1814-1882

Coffee, William

Lea, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1883

Hankins, William Wesley, 1821-1900

Hankins, William Dennis, 1845-1925

Hankins, G. S.

Hankins, D. D.

Coffee, Hill Bryan, 1827-1891

Holleyman, John W., 1832-1864

Beggs, Charles, 1819-1894

Peek, Oscar Fitzallen, 1829-1914

Parramore, James B., 1840-1902

Bryan, John H.

Camfield, Caleb Halstead, 1834-1906

Hankins, Albartus Church, 1848-1894

Dickerson, Sam

Church, Lucius, 1800-1875

Hankins, J. S.

Collins, W. E.

Oak, Calvin D., 1806-1881

Oak, Louisa Hankins, 1834-1923

Bryant, Mary Ann Hankins, 1825-1896

Hankins, Bethel Huglee, 1823-1901

Collins, Oscar

Hankins, Almira Jane Church, 1825-1890

Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870

Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876

Dickison, J. J. (John Jackson), 1816-1902

Dickson, Marmaduke N., 1841-1896

Tuberville, Wilson D.

Manning, John

Strickland, William W.

Grinstead, Duncan E.

Rowan, W. F.

Spencer, J. B.

Hickey, Jefferson "Jeff"

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Hankins, Sylvanus M., 1846-1918. "My Recollections of the Confederate War" by Sylvanus M. Hankins, ca. 1900. 1900 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/339293>, accessed 28 February 2025.

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Hankins, Sylvanus M., 1846-1918. "My Recollections of the Confederate War" by Sylvanus M. Hankins, ca. 1900. 1900 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/339293>

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