Record Data(active tab)EventsMajor TopicsPeopleDocumentsImages Record Data Place Unit Type Location or Site Containing Unit Pensacola, FL Events Date Type 01/12/1861 Florida and Alabama militias seize the Pensacola Navy Yard and Fort Barracas Battles/Soldiers 11/22/1861 - 11/23/1861 On the Florida coast, Union artillery and navy ships bombard Confederate positions around Pensacola Battles/Soldiers Major Topics Secession People Documents Date Title 11/25/1861 Col. Harvey Brown to Gen. Lorenzo Thomas, November 25, 1861 11/25/1861 Gen. Braxton Bragg, Congratulation on the November 22-23, 1861 Florida bombardment, November 25, 1861 Images Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, Florida, summer 1861, zoomable image Confederate Artillery, Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, Florida, summer 1861