Jacksonville Civil War Photo

[acme54321]

Found this picture on Shorpy, does anyone know where this could have been?

Circa 1864-1865. "Jacksonville, Florida, signal tower." Wet plate glass negative from "photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Florida."

[Garden guy]

Could be anywhere in this area looking at the sandy soil...but i'm also loving that old gas lamp....

[Ocklawaha]

The signal towers was a Federal occupation base, stolen from State Troops. They were located at Yellow Bluff, St. Johns Bluff, Camp Milton, Camp Finnegan, and the one you see in the photo is a base we call HEMMING PLAZA. It was also a military occupation camp throughout most of the trumped up "reconstruction."  Again during the Yellow Fever Epidemic and Spanish American War fiasco.


OCKLAWAHA

[BridgeTroll]

This looks like it may be the same location...



This site is pretty cool...

http://civilwarjacksonville.com/category/home-page/

[Ocklawaha]

Why we say FORGET HELL!

CHARLESTON 1865


Hiroshima 1945


JACKSONVILLE 1865

Note the statue of the "Confederate soldier" in Hemming Plaza, was a standard model sold in the hundreds to BOTH SIDES. As the boys grew old, the salesmen came into towns north and south and up went the memorials...the SAME MEMORIALS... The South caught on quickly and ALL SOUTHERN versions of this statue FACE SOUTH!

OCKLAWAHA

[MajorCordite]

BridgeTroll, the picture you posted and you say:  "This looks like this may be the same location."

If you look at your picture closely you can see a dock in the forefront.  Also on the lower left side of the pic is a clump of "marsh grass" growing.  Your picture appears to be of a place directly on the river somewhere.   Great pic!

[mfc]

Bay st and tallyrand  area is my guess. Near the stadium.