Official USA and CSA Reports Concerning
The Battle of Olustee or Ocean Pond

• Instructions from President Abraham Lincoln to MGen Quincy Gillmore, Union Commander, Department of the South — 13 January 1864
• Request for colored troops from MGen Gillmore to Secretary of War Stanton — 15 January 1864
• Reply from MGen Henry Halleck to MGen Gillmore's request for colored troops — 22 January 1864
• MGen Gillmore outlines his plans for the Florida Expedition to MGen Halleck — 31 January 1864
• MGen Gillmore orders BGen Truman Seymour, USA, to embark troops — 4 February 1864
• MGen Gillmore orders BGen Seymour to start his command for Florida — 5 February 1864
• MGen Gillmore informs MGen Halleck of the arrival of BGen Seymour's Command in Florida — 9 February 1864
• MGen Gillmore advises BGen Seymour not to advance toward Lake City — 11 February 1864
• MGen Gillmore advises BGen Seymour to avoid significant Confederate oppposition — 11 February 1864
• Report from BGen Seymour on early skirmishes in Florida — 11 February 1864
• Report from BGen Seymour on initial advance into Florida — 11 February 1864
• Report from BGen Seymour on initial advance into Florida — 12 February 1864
• MGen Gillmore orders BGen Seymour to concentrate troops at Baldwin — 12 February 1864
• Request from BGen Seymour to MG Gillmore, asking permission to remain across the St. Mary's — 13 February 1864
• BGen Joseph Finegan, CSA, reports on Union advance — 13 February 1864
• Report from BGen Seymour to MGen Gillmore, on progress into Florida — 17 February 1864 [first report ?]
• Report from BGen Seymour to MGen Gillmore, on progress into Florida — 17 February 1864 [second report?]
• Report from BGen Seymour on success in raid on Gainesville — 17 February 1864
• General Orders No. 5 from BGen Seymour congratulating troops on their performance — 17 February 1864
• Initial Report from BGen Seymour on Battle of Olustee — 20 February 1864
• General G.T. Beauregard, CSA, reports on movement of troops — 21 February 1864
• John Milton, Governor of Florida, to President Jefferson Davis on the Battle of Olustee — 21 February 1864
• BGen Seymour explaining the defeat at Olustee — 22 February 1864
• Captain Robert Gamble, Leon Light Artillery — 22 February 1864
• Captain John Wheaton, Chatham Artillery — 22 February 1864
• Captain John Guerard, Chatham Artillery — 22 February 1864
• Col. George Harrison, commanding Second Brigade, CSA — 22 February 1864
• Lt. D. Rambo, Railroad Parrot Gun, CSA — 23 February 1864
• BGen Finegan, Confederate Commander — 23 February 1864
• MGen Gillmore reports on defeat at Olustee to MGen Halleck — 23 February 1864
• Letter from BGen Seymour to BGen Finegan — 23 February 1864
  
• Reply from BGen Finegan to BGen Seymour — 24 February 1864
• Captain Romanzo Bailey, 8th USCT — 24 February and 10 March 1864
• Lt. J. Myrick, 3rd U.S. Artillery — 24 February 1864
• Captain John Hamilton, commanding U.S. artillery — 24 February 1864
• Col. Caraway Smith, commanding Confederate Cavalry Brigade — 24 February 1864
• Adolph Majer, Chief Medical Officer, District of Florida, USA — 24 February 1864
• BGen Finegan, Confederate Commander — 25 February 1864

BGen Seymour reports on casualties at Olustee — 25 February 1864


• Captain Charles Mills, 7th Connecticut — 25 February 1864
• Captain B. Skinner, 7th Connecticut — 25 February 1864
• MGen Gillmore further reports to MGen Halleck on defeat at Olustee — 26 February 1864
• BGen Finegan, Confederate Commander — 26 February 1864
• BGen Seymour, Union Commander — 26 February 1864
• Col. Joseph Hawley, commanding Hawley's Brigade, USA — 26 February 1864
• BGen Alfred Colquitt, commanding Colquitt's Brigade, CSA — 26 February 1864
• Col. William Barton, commanding Barton's Brigade, USA — 27 February 1864
• Col. Joseph Abbott, 7th New Hamsphire — 27 February 1864
• Col. E. Hallowell, 54th Massachusetts — 1 March 1864
• BGen Seymour, Union Commander — 2 March 1864
• Senator B.F. Wade requests information from MGen Halleck — 3 March 1864
• Report on the events surrounding the Battle of Olustee from MGen Gillmore, Department of the South, to MGen Halleck — 7 March 1864
• Lt. Henry Metcalf, 3rd Rhode Island Artillery — 7 March 1864
• General Orders No. 13 - from BGen Seymour to his troops — 10 March 1864
• Lt. Andrew Ely, 8th U.S.C.T. — 10 March 1864
• Lt. Elijah Lewis, 8th U.S.C.T. — 10 March 1864
• Col. James Montgomery, commanding Montgomery's Brigade, USA — 15 March 1864
• S. Gross, Surgeon, District of Florida, USA — 21 March 1864
• BGen Seymour, Union Commander, commends units and officers — 25 March 1864
• Captain Loomis Langdon, First U.S. Artillery — 25 March 1864
• Col. Harrison's recommendations for gallantry — 25 March 1864
• Edwin Stanton replies to Senator Wade's March 3rd request for information — 5 April 1864
• Lt. M. Grant, Corps of Engineers, CSA — 27 April 1864
• BGen Jno. Hatch, commanding District of Florida, USA — 25 September 1864
• MGen Gillmore reports on problems with BGen Seymour's reports of Olustee — 1 November 1865
• Lt. F. Grossman, 7th U.S. Infantry — 25 May 1866

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