Continuing along with my effort to stimulate a little life here on the Florida board, today I'm posting a recreated roster of the Corps of Cadets from the West Florida Seminary (today's Florida State University).

The cadets were a storied part of the Battle of Natural Bridge near Tallahassee on March 6, 1865. They also fought at Newport Bridge on March 5, 1865. Not all members of the corps were present on the battlefield, as some of the younger boys were kept in Tallahassee to perform other duties.

I spent considerable time working on records relating to this unit while writing my new book on the Battle of Natural Bridge and was able to identify the following as likely members of the corps:

Capt. V.M. Johnson, Instructor, VMI Graduate
J.W. Adams
William H. Anderson
Tom Archer
Jack Baker
George L. Baltzell
Charles L. Beard
Eddie Blame
Curtis Brown
Elijah Bryan
John Call
Byrd Coles, Cadet 2nd Lieutenant
Franklin P. Damon
Herman Damon
Henry Ware DeMilly
James B. Dickson
Charlie Donaldson
John Dubose
Charlie Dyke
Charlie Ellis
Tom Frazier
Lonnie Gunn
Richard Hayward
George Houston
Miles Johnson
Jessie King
Bob Ledsmith
Dan Meginais
John Milton, Joined March 5, 1865
Charlie Mims
Charlie Munnerlyn
Tom Myers
W.W. Pearce
Charlie Pearce
William W. Perkins
Hunter Pope
Egbert Nims
Thomas A. Polhill
William F. Quaile
L.H. Raines
Arthur L. Randolph
Henry Randolph, Cadet 1st Lieutenant
William A. Rawls
Dick Saunders
D. Shepard Shine
T.G. Pratt Thompson
Sam Tonge
Luther Tucker
Milton Tucker
George Ward
J.W. Wethington, Cadet Captain
Sam Weathington