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HEADQUARTERS FLORIDA BATTALION OF INFANTRY DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Fort Brook, Fla. March 27, 2005 To all officers and men Florida Battalion of Infantry 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade Department of the Gulf Confederate States Army Gentlemen: The recent bitter experience had by the 14th. Brooklyn, U.S.A. at this year’s Crystal River campaign has brought home to all of us a need to address our campsite safety in order to prevent future problems such as those at Crystal River and Brooksville a few years past. The fire that ravaged their camp could have very easily spread and destroyed the entire Federal campsite. We now turn our attention to our own house so as not to repeat their painful plight. You will shortly find in your land mail, a map and instructions on how we will arrange ourselves while in garrison camps at future event. Please pay close heed to this arrangement plan and subscribe to it in order to present a more correct image of a static Confederate Army camp and to aid in preventing the disaster that fell upon the 14th Brooklyn. With my respect, D.D. Bowman Colonel Commanding Florida Battalion of Infantry 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade Department of the Gulf Confederate States Army |
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HEADQUARTERS FLORIDA BATTALION OF INFANTRY DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Fort Brook, Fla. March 27, 2005 To all officers and men Florida Battalion of Infantry 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade Department of the Gulf Confederate States Army Gentlemen: I wish to announce to you April 16th, 2005, 10:00 A.M ., at the Dade Battlefield State Park, Bushnell, Florida as the time and place for our annual Battalion meeting. Lunch will be provided to all attendees. This is a most important meeting, as our numbers have been low over the past campaign season and this is our time to address this and any other issues which might impact our Battalion. Also we will discuss our coming 2005-2006 campaign calendar. Please contact either myself at (813)-782-0216 or 1st Lt. Roger Statzer, Assistant Adjutant General for the Department of the Gulf at (863) 644-1048, to confirm your intentions for our meeting. With my respect, D.D. Bowman Colonel Commanding Florida Battalion of Infantry 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade Department of the Gulf Confederate States Army |
