Spend three days immersed in the remarkable facts, stories, and artifacts related to Florida’s little-known role in the War Between the States, including:
 

• Florida before the war, from territory to state to secession in 40 years
• Overview of Florida in the Civil War and its important role in supplying commodities such as salt and beef to the Confederacy
• Artifacts from the Maple Leaf, a Union steamer sunk off the coast of Florida
• Love letters between Winston and Octavia Stephens, newlyweds during the Civil War
• Intriguing story of the life and gallows death of Lincoln conspirator Lewis Thornton Powell with visit to Geneva Cemetery to see Powell's gravesite

 
Day 1: Overview of Territorial and Civil War Florida
Includes presentation by Robert A. Taylor, Ph.D., Head of the Humanities and Communication Department and Professor of History at the Florida Institute of Technology
 
Day 2: War by Sea/Personal Look at Men and Women during the War
Includes presentation by Nicole Tumblesome and John W. Morris III from the Florida Public Archaeology Network
and a presentation by Dr. Tracy Revels, Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at Wofford College in South Carolina
 
Day 3: Powell and the Lincoln Conspiracy/Trip to Geneva Cemetery
Includes presentations by author Jim Robison and Civil War reenactor and historian Jeff Grzelak
 
 
9 a.m.-3 p.m. each day.
Members $30 per day or $75 for three days; non-members $35 per day or $85 for three days.
Continental breakfast and lunch are included each day.
 
Call (407) 836-7010 for reservations.
 
Subject to minimum participation.