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Re: Perry

It is not all that uncommon to encounter missing years when searching old newspaper files. People didn't view them as historical documents back then. Often they were just thrown away, etc.

A couple of things to keep in mind about this. First, Perry didn't exist as a town until around 1875, although there was a small settlement there earlier. Second, the Federal headquarters with responsibility for that area of Florida was Key West.

There just is no mention of anything like that in either the Official Records set or newspapers from around the region from that time. Other Florida actions from 1864-1865 are well-described in both. The other common source for information from that time period, the George Washington Scott Papers at the Florida State Archives, include no mention of anything like that. Scott was the Confederate major who commanded the 5th Florida Cavalry, the primary Confederate defense organization in the region at that time. He would not have been shy about reporting a massacre by Union troops had one actually happened.

This is not to say that there were not interesting Civil War episodes in that area (salt raids, the skirmish on the Aucilla River, the pursuit of Strickland's men, etc.), but I'm skeptical about this one.

Dale

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