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Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park
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Janice
January 23, 2018
If you travel following the route of the St. Marks River northward from the coast, you will eventually arrive at an intriguing spot where the river appears to vanish. Here the river drops into a sinkhole and flows underground a few hundred feet before it reemerges on the other side of a natural bridge of land that runs between. This natural bridge is the site of the second largest Civil War battle where Confederate soldiers, mostly teenage boys and old men from Tallahassee met and held Union forces at bay. A reenactment of this famous battle is held the first full weekend every March at The Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park. Free and open to the public.
If you travel following the route of the St. Marks River northward from the coast, you will eventually arrive at an intriguing spot where the river appears to vanish. Here the river drops into a sinkhole and flows underground a few hundred feet before it reemerges on the other side of a natural brid…
Kieva
February 27, 2020
Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park, 7502 Natural Bridge Rd., is the 6-acre site where the Battle of Natural Bridge was fought Mar. 5, 1865, to prevent Union troops from capturing the Capitol at Tallahassee. Picnicking is permitted. Admission: $3 (per private vehicle with maximum eight people); $2 (per person arriving by bicycle or on foot).
David
June 28, 2018
Besides the historical landmark, this part offers an excellent view of the Upper St Marks River disappearing underground into a series of sinkholes until reappearing as a first magnitude spring for the Lower St Marks River.
Simon
February 5, 2020
Natural Bridge is the site of the second largest Civil War battle in Florida and where the St. Marks River drops into a sinkhole and flows underground for one-quarter of a mile before reemerging. During the final weeks of the Civil War, a Union flotilla landed at Apalachee Bay planning to capture Fort Ward (San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park) and march north to the state capital. With a timely warning, volunteers from the Tallahassee area - Confederate soldiers, old men and young boys - met the Union forces at Natural Bridge and successfully repelled three major attacks. The Union troops were forced to retreat to the coast and Tallahassee was the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi not captured by the Union. A monument at the site honors the Confederate soldiers who defended Natural Bridge. There are picnic and fishing areas surrounded by woodlands for a comfortable place to relax and reflect back on Florida’s history. A reenactment of the battle is held at the park every first full weekend in March and guided tours are available upon request.
Natural Bridge is the site of the second largest Civil War battle in Florida and where the St. Marks River drops into a sinkhole and flows underground for one-quarter of a mile before reemerging. During the final weeks of the Civil War, a Union flotilla landed at Apalachee Bay planning to capture Fo…
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7502 Natural Bridge Rd
Tallahassee, FL