Dedicated: July 3, 1963.
Location: West Confederate Avenue.
Description: Two granite tablet markers, one taller than the other, and a pylon decorated with laurel leaves at the top, all mounted on a three-stepped base. The taller marker has the Florida State Seal on the front and back. It is placed in the area of Perry’s formation on July 2 and 3rd, 1863, prior to the attack of these Floridians on the Union line. In 1965, the monument was partially taken apart and resealed to prevent entrance of water. The monument was designed by J.B. Hill.
Monument Inscription:
Floridians of Perry’s Brigade, comprised of the 2nd, 5th and 8th Florida Infantry, fought here with great honor as members of Anderson’s Division of Hill’s Corps and participated in the heaviest fighting of July 2 and 3, 1863. The Brigade suffered 445 casualties of the 700 men present for duty.
Like all Floridians who participated in the Civil War, they fought for the ideals in which they believed, by their noble example of bravery and endurance, they enable us to meet with confidence any sacrifice which confronts us as Americans
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