The Relationship Between Florida and the Civil War

Florida has a part of its history as a Spanish colony and during the Civil War a lot of fascinating things were happening. A group of people forged a new composite a multi-racial multi-tribal humanity in the midst of the carnage that was going on between the northern and southern states. After the Civil War here in Florida Florida has the highest had the highest per capita of lynchings of any state which is why things like stand your ground laws evoke that kind of history.