“March-April 1862. Diaries. Keene was a Northerner who had recently come to Florida to operate a hotel. He joined a local militia unit at the start of the secession crisis but resigned when it entered state service. In Jacksonville, where Union and…
“1822-1865. Florida and Confederate west near the end of the war, this Floridian wrote a brief account of his experiences, which included the Mexican War, antebellum events, and his service in the CSA western theater.”