Santa Rosa Island is a 40-mile barrier island located in Florida, thirty miles from the Alabama state border. The village of Pensacola Beach is located on the island.
Parts of the island are in the Gulf Islands National Seashore.
History
The island was the first place where shots were fired to open the American Civil War, three months before the shelling of Fort Sumter, at the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.
In 1929, Santa Rosa Island was sold by the U.S. War Department to Escambia County, Florida, for $10,000. Ten years later, the county returned the island to the federal government in the expectation that it would be developed into a U.S. National Monument preserving the remnants of Fort Pickens.
Florida regiments composed one brigade each in the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee and fought in all the major battles in both theaters of war, often in the thickest of the fighting.
Harriet Beecher Stowe in Florida, 1867 to 1884
Such questions as why she moved to Florida, how she was received in the South after the Civil War, and what attracted her to Florida are discussed, as well as her role as an early activist for environmental protection.
SantaRosaIsland is a 40-mile barrier island located in the U.S. state of Florida, thirty miles (50 km) from the Alabama state border.
In 1929, SantaRosaIsland was sold by the U.S. War Department to Escambia County, Florida, for $10,000.
Ten years later, the county returned the island to the federal government in the expectation that it would be developed into a U.S. National Monument preserving the remnants of Fort Pickens, the only fort in the South to be held by the Union throughout the duration of the American Civil War.
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