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The Line of Intrenchments

 
 
The Line of Intrenchments Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 30, 2020
1. The Line of Intrenchments Marker
Inscription.
1862-1865
Just east of here began
The Line of Intrenchments
Eighth Maine
and
Sixth Connecticut
Infantry
Federal Army of Occupation

Jacksonville Historical Society.
1931

 
Erected 1931 by Jacksonville Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 30° 19.685′ N, 81° 40.264′ W. Marker is in Jacksonville, Florida, in Duval County. It is in Urban Core. It can be reached from the intersection of Water Street and Park Street when traveling west. Marker attached to the right wall at the entrance of Prime F. Osborne Convention Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1000 Water Street, Jacksonville FL 32204, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Florida’s First Coast. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the
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Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: James Weldon Johnson (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); John Rosamond Johnson (about 800 feet away); Fort Hatch (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named United States Railroad Administration Locomotive (approx. Ό mile away); Old Brewster Hospital (approx. Ό mile away); El Modelo Cigar Factory (approx. 0.4 miles away); "Old Stanton" High School (approx. half a mile away); Ossachite (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. United States Railroad Administration Locomotive (was approx. Ό mile away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
The Line of Intrenchments Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 30, 2020
2. The Line of Intrenchments Marker
Prime F. Osborne Convention Center image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 30, 2020
3. Prime F. Osborne Convention Center
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2020, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 452 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 2, 2020, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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