Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fort Pickens is pictured in an engraving in 1861. Pickens: The first serious confrontation of the Civil War happened in Pensacola ...

Spanning Florida and Mississippi coastlines, Gulf Islands National Seashore is 160 miles of natural barrier islands, history and unspoiled wetlands.

Florida was home to several key forts during the Civil War, some of which saw military action. Many of these historic forts are now preserved as state or national parks for the public to visit. Editor ...