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Book Review: Storm Over Key West

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Jon-Erik Gilot

Storm Over Key West: The Civil War and the Call of Freedom By Mike Pride Pineapple Press, 2020, $26.95 Reviewed by Jon-Erik Gilot A few months before the COVID pandemic hit I had the opportunity to travel to Key West, … Continue reading →

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ECW Weekender: Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Phill Greenwalt

  Located 67 miles off the coast of Key West, Florida and comprised of 16 million bricks sits the still unfinished Third System Fort Jefferson. Construction began in 1846 and the installation was named after the third president of the … Continue reading →

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The Stephen Mallory You May Not Have Known

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Phill Greenwalt

Little did I know that when I took the job as a park ranger at Everglades National Park I would come into contact, via research, with a name more familiar and associated with Civil War history than the history of … Continue reading →

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Exploring Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Jon-Erik Gilot

My wife will tell you that I can find Civil War History wherever we go. I’m equally proud and embarrassed to admit that she’s right. We recently joined a few friends for a late season, kids free, just-what-the-doctor-ordered trip to … Continue reading →

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Civil War in Paradise

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Chris Kolakowski

In mid-January I spent a long weekend in Key West. I enjoyed the food, music, and atmosphere of a truly great town, and also saw some of the place’s interesting historic sites.  What really surprised me was the Civil War … Continue reading →

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