Gainesville depot
Depot, Gainesville, Florida.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Depot
- Where
- Gainesville, Florida
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Built over
GAINESVILLE DEPOT
Railroad junction and depot on the Florida Railroad, which reached the town in 1859 on its line from Fernandina to Cedar Key. About 50 Union troops raided it on February 14, 1864. Confederates routed a Union force there on August 17, 1864, and held the town to the end.
Then
Gainesville was a railroad junction and depot on the Florida Railroad, which reached the town in 1859 on its line from Fernandina to Cedar Key.
About 50 Union troops raided the town on February 14, 1864, to capture two trains. On August 17, 1864, Confederates routed a Union force there, and Gainesville stayed in Confederate hands to the end of the war.
Now
Built over
Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County.
Lines owned by CSX run through Gainesville today.
Served by
Nearby
- 39 miUnion drive on Florida's beef and salt supply stopped at OlusteeFebruary 20, 1864, Olustee, Florida
- 40 miLake City railheadConfederate · Depot, Lake City, Florida
- 55 miCedar Key port and salt worksConfederate · Port, Cedar Key, Florida
- 90 miFernandina and Fort ClinchConfederate · Port, Fernandina Beach, Florida