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

Capt. A. J. T. Wright, commanding the company listed in the letter,
was a prominent citizen of Lake City, related to the James E. Young
family who were amoung the founders of the First National Bank of Lake

City. Capt. Wright appears again in Columbia County military history as
a Lt. Col in the Confederacy.

Colonel M. Whit Smith listed as commanding the companies dhring this
Indian War was also prominent in local history. He was elected first Mayor

of Lake City when the name was changed from Alligator in 1859. "Whit" and
"Ives" are both mentioned in the accompaning letter from Capt. Wright
to a friend. This letter is dated at "Old Clay Landing" a point on the

Suwannee River, near it's mouth, now known as Fowler's Bluff

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