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History of Military Units in Columbia County, FL (1970) Robert Gary Shields

Second Seminole War 1854-55

After the First Seminole War (1835 - 1842) and the Mexican War (1847 -
1848) the various communities continued to maintain their own militia.
At the beginning of hostilites in 1854, around the Manatee River, the foliowin

units were ordered to the front by Governor Broome:
Unit ' Captain
Wright's Company • A. J. T. Wright
McNeil1s Detachment John McNeill
Stewart's Company Asa Stewart
Robert Youngblood1s Detachment Robert Youngblood
William B. Hooker
F. M. Durrance
W. H. Kendrick
Abner D. Johnson
Leroy C. Lesley
Enoch Daniel
W. B. Hardee
Alexander Bell
Thomas Hewett
Edward T. Kendrick
John Addison
John Parker
S. L. Sparkman
R. B. Sullivan
Hansfords D. Dyches
Aaron Jernigan
James 0. Devall

The units believed to be from the Lake City area were Wright's and
Stewart's companies.

Field and Staff Officers of this war included several men from Lake City,
such as Colonel M. Whit Smith and Asst. Quartermaster Edward R. Ives

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