Buker’s Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands is such a book. “The proliferation of publications concerning the American Civil War occasionally produces one that really contributes to our understanding of that conflict. Florida Unionists, antiwar natives, and runaway slaves flocked to these Federal warships to seek protection and quickly became a source of manpower for their crews as well as for land forces.” Since the state’s long coastlines made it a ready target for a naval cordon, its commercial life suffered beginning in 1861 and deteriorated even further as the war progressed despite the efforts of blockade runners. “ argues that the presence of Union sailors and their extensive contacts ashore did serious damage to home-front morale and retarded Florida’s value as a component of the rebel war machine.
↑ Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands: Civil War on Florida'S Gulf Coast George E.Chronicles the role of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron as an important Federal contingent in Florida.↑ Reminiscences of the War Between the States By A Boy in the Far South by J.H.Frier Manuscript, Florida State Archives, Tallahassee, Florida.Buker 2015 Published by: The University of Alabama Press Series: Alabama Fire Ant View Buy This Book in Print summary Chronicles the role of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron as an important Federal contingent in Florida. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch ( : 30 December 2015), Joshua H Frier in entry for Ryan Frier, 1860 Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands: Civil War on Florida's Gulf Coast, 1861-1865 Book George E.↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 9 November 2014), Joshua H Fryer in household of Ryan Fryer, Lowndes county, part of, Lowndes, Georgia, United States citing family 779, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).They moved to Plant City, Florida in 1871 and remained there the rest of his life. He fought in the Battles of Gainesville, and Natural Bridge. Joshua kept a journal during his enlistment. He served in Company'B' 1st Regiment, Florida Reserves. He served exactly one year, mustering out on his 18th birthday. ĭuring the Civil War, Joshua enlisted on his 17th birthday forced to do so because of the Conscription Act. The family was still living in Lowndes County, Georgia in 1860, Joshua was thirteen years old. He is the son of Ryan Frier and Sarah Peacock.
Enlisted: 1863 Mustered out: 1865 Side: CSA Regiment(s): Company 'B' 1st Regiment, Florida Reserve Infantry Joshua Frier served in the United States Civil War.
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