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Updated: 02/03/2013 07:59:54AM
Interest in Bowlegs Creek Civil War battle growing
JERRY MINCEY
JUST IN TIME
DOYLE RIGDON
PHOTOS PROVIDED
Authentic Civil War camps will be open to the public Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The highlight of the event is the Battle of Bowlegs Creek reenactment which will happen Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
By JAMES COULTER
News Correspondent
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On April 7, 1864, the only Civil War battle in Polk County was fought at Bowlegs Creek near the Peace River south of Fort Meade.
During the war, Florida was the breadbasket of the Confederacy, and Fort Meade played an important role, supplying some of its cattle.
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