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Virtual Reality Movies: Forts and Battlefields

Each panorama movie is available in two file sizes. The small movies display at the same size on your computer screen as the large movies, but the small movies do not allow you to zoom in on as much detail as the large movies do. Most of the color movies are a full circle (360 degrees). The black and white VRs are approximately 180 degree views.



Camp Blanding, 1941

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An aerial photo of Camp Blanding, 1941.



Camp Joseph E. Johnston, 1918

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An aerial view of Camp Joseph E. Johnston, 1918.



Camp Joseph E. Johnston, 1918

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An aerial view of Camp Joseph E. Johnston, circa 1918.



Officers at Camp Joseph E. Johnston, 1918

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Officers of the Quartermaster Corps Training and Mobilization Camp at Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville.



Castillo de San Marcos, 1910

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A view of the Castillo de San Marcos, circa 1910. The Castillo was known as Fort Marion from 1825 until 1942.



Castillo de San Marcos, 1912

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A view of the Castillo de San Marcos, circa 1912. The Castillo was known as Fort Marion from 1825 until 1942.



Castillo de San Marcos, 1912

112 K 432 K

A view of the Castillo de San Marcos, circa 1912. The Castillo was known as Fort Marion from 1825 until 1942.



Castillo de San Marcos, 1912

92 K 360 K

A panorama view of the courtyard, the Plaza de Armas, at the Castillo de San Marcos, circa 1912. The panorama begins at the ramp built to pull cannons to the top of the fort. To the right of the ramp is the "Sally Port," the only entrance to the fort.



Castillo de San Marcos, 1912

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A panorama view of the courtyard, the Plaza de Armas, at the Castillo de San Marcos, circa 1912. The panorama begins at the ramp built to pull cannons to the top of the fort. To the right of the ramp is the "Sally Port," the only entrance to the fort. At the extreme left is the entrance to the Chapel of St. Mark.



Castillo de San Marcos

580 K 1.0 MB

This is a view of the San Pedro Bastion from the top of the moat. The moat was usually kept dry and used as a pen for domestic animals.



Castillo de San Marcos Guard Room

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Soldiers lived in town with their families, not inside the Castillo.



Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

812 K 2.6 MB

This is the site of the December 28, 1835 ambush by Seminoles of an artillery and infantry relief unit marching toward Fort King from Tampa.



Fort Barrancas, 1919

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An aerial of Fort Barrancas military camp, circa 1919.



Fort Clinch

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Fort Clinch was named for Gen. Duncan Lamont Clinch, an important figure in Florida's Seminole War of the 1830s.



Fort Jefferson

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Fort Jefferson is located on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas, about 70 miles west of Key West. It was named in honor of our third president.



Fort Pickens

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This VR opens looking south along the counterscarp wall which protected the landward face of the fort from artillery fire.



Fort St. Marks, 1781

312 K 1.10 MB

Detailed view from a map published in 1781 of East and West Florida. The map includes this small sketch of Fort St. Marks.



Olustee Battlefield

752 K 1.5 MB

The Battle of Olustee (or Ocean Pond) was fought on February 20, 1864.



Olustee Battlefield

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The Battle of Olustee (or Ocean Pond) was fought on February 20, 1864.



San Marcos de Apalachee

400 K 1.0 MB

This VR begins looking west toward the Wakulla River. This was the site of a number of early Spanish forts.



Suwannee River


320 K 1.0 MB

The first view in this VR is of the wooden walk leading to an overlook.



Suwannee River Earthworks

516 K 1.2 MB

These earthworks were built by Confederate troops during the Civil War to protect the nearby bridge, which was a target of the Union Army.




DeSoto Reenactment

512 K 1.1 MB

This is a reenactment of a typical camp that DeSoto and his men would have built.




Fort Taylor

248 K 1.5 MB

Fort Zachary Taylor is located at the end of Southard street in Key West. Named after U.S. President Zachary Taylor, the fort is a perfect example of the wealth of history Florida has to offer.




Fort Taylor

208 K 1 MB

The fort, located in Key West, was an important outpost during the Civil War.




Fort Taylor

420 K 2.6 MB

Numerous blockade-running ships were detained at Key West harbor and guarded by Fort Taylor's cannons.




Fort Cooper State Park

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This park is named for Major Mark Anthony Cooper, commander of five companies of the First Georgia Battalion of Volunteers during the Second Seminole War.




East Martello

460 K 1.7 MB

Its outer bulwark and inner citadel with eight-foot thick granite walls built during the Civil War era were a monument to military engineering and could have withstood any amount of bombardment at the time.




Brooksville Raid

708 K 1 MB

This is annual reenactment of an 1864 raid by union troops in Hernando County.


 

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