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Page 12 The Antique Shoppe November, 2019
The 35th Annual Ocklawaha River Raid
BRANDON — SEFFNER Civil War Re-enactment/Living History Weekend November 2-3

Ocala, FL— The Annual Ocklawaha River Raid will be held on November 2 and
The Shabby Chic ❷ 3, 2019, and is hosted by the 1st Brigade, PACS Inc. Civil War Re-enactor/Living
Attic Vintage & Antiques Mango Rd History units. The event will again be held in cooperation with the Florida Horse

MLK Jr. Blvd 574 Park and will take place on their grounds located at 11008 South Highway 475,
south of Ocala and west of Belleview. This Living History event commemorates
75 the March 1865 Union army raid on area plantations and the resulting skirmish
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with local Southern troops that was the only battle of the Civil War to occur in
301 Parsons Rd Marion County. Each year on the first weekend of November, the past comes
❶ to life in the annual Ocklawaha River Raid Civil War Reenactment and Living
60 Brandon Blvd History Weekend. The event has grown into a full Living History weekend that
presently involves some 400 to 500 participants. These re-enactors gather from
11909 E . Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd. Lumsden all across Florida, offering the public a look at life as it was in the 1860s.
Seffner, FL 33584 Kings Ave Go back to a bygone era in “living history” encounters of both Union and
813.502.5695 ❷ Lithia Pinecrest Confederate encampments. Wander the grounds and converse with Living
www.TheAtticSCVA.com Bloomingdale Ave Historians, who are well versed and knowledgeable about the time period and
the role they portray. Tents, equipment, weaponry, and so forth are authentically
Somewhere In Time correct and soldiers may be seen on duty at guard posts, drilling, or attending
to assigned tasks about camp. Others may be on leisure time while cooking
meals, cleaning muskets and gear, writing or reading letters and newspapers
from home, or engaging in a game of cards, checkers, horseshoes, or chess. Re-
enactors attend portraying soldiers of all branches of military service, including
“Antiques - Collectibles & More”
The Shoppes of LaViva infantry troops, artillery batteries, and mounted cavalry units.
A Brief History of the Original Raid and Battle
720 W. Lumsden Rd. By the spring of 1865, nearly four years of war had gone by, numerous battles

Brandon, FL had occurred in surrounding areas, but none had yet taken place in Marion
813-684-0588 County. On March 7, 1865, Sergeant Major Henry Thomas and a company of
Union soldiers moved up the St. Johns River by boat, and marched into Marion
County. Crossing the Ocklawaha River, they fell upon the Marshall Plantation,
Open Mon.-Sat. 11-5, Sun 12-5 a large syrup and sugar making facility that supplied provisions to Confederate

Like us on Facebook: Somewhere in Time Brandon, FL forces. They destroyed some 80 gallons of syrup and 200 hogsheads of sugar
❶ along with the machinery and the main plantation house. Taking the slaves,
wagons, horses, and assorted
98 property, they started back toward

Celebrating Dade City & San Antonio the Ocklawaha River.
22 Antiques During the raid on the plantation,
YEARS! on the Meridian Ave a servant took to horseback and rode
MAin street DADE CITY into Ocala and brought word of the
raid to Confederate troop. Captain
Samuel Howse and the Ocala Home
Guard militia marched to the Marshall
52 Clinton Ave Plantation. Further, Captain John J.
12th Annual Dickison, 2nd Florida Cavalry, also
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UNWRAPPED 579 responded. The Home Guard caught
Nov. 2 577 up with the raiding force and a battle
10am-6pm 579A began toward the Ocklawaha River.
Peggy Capps, Proprietor Ft. King Hwy. 301 98 Union troops withdrew across the
(352) 523-0999 75 Ocklawaha River and set fire to the

14122 7th STREET 39 bridge, blocking the pursuit of the
DADE CITY, FL 33525 3 Home Guard. The skirmish resulted
in two Home Guard killed and two
mortally wounded, with two dead
AMERICAN EAGLE and four wounded among the Federal
ANTIQUES ranks.
Dickison’s command crossed the
1 14232 7th Street Ocklawaha River and continued in
Dade City, FL 33523 ZEPHYRHILLS pursuit of the Union, which was now
352-521-3361 headed toward St. Augustine, nearly
OpEN 7 DAyS 11-5:30
2 To Tampa 54 5th Ave. catching up with their adversaries.
Realizing the enemy was close
3 AMERICAN EAGLE Late Century Modern Furniture behind, Thomas’ Union soldiers
Gall Blvd.
ANTIQUES, TOO Decorative Arts & Accessories abandoned their captured prizes
11851 S Curley St
Featuring Fine Antiques San Antonio and successfully entered the safety
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14119 7th Street 6 mi. from Dade City / 11 mi. from Zephyrhills of Saint Augustine. All that they had
Dade City, FL 33523 352-588-2001 taken from the plantations, save one
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DADE CITY OpEN 10-5 MON-SAT www.sanantonioantiquesflorida.com 4 horse, was returned to Marion County
352-521-0390
To Tampa To Plant City
by the Confederates.
Proprietor, John C. Herrmann