The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
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The Civil War In Florida
Searching For The Truth
On Saturday, January 14, 2017, the Levy County Historical Society will present
WHERE DID THE LANGUAGE
the first of three presentations which tell about the invasion of the Civil War into Florida.
Everyone with an interest in the history and heritage of Florida is invited to join us at this
free event to learn more about this time in our history.
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The first of the three part series will feature Warren Feldman, M.D., who portrays
a Colonel and Chief Surgeon in the Confederate Medical Corps. Dr. Feldman will discuss
his book, "BLOOD, GUNS, and GERMS," which not only provides insight into 1860s
Have you considered where all the
medicine, but also invites readers to learn of the superhuman efforts demonstrated by Civil
languages came from? About 7000 distinct lan-
War surgeons in trying to save Union and Confederate soldiers alike.
guages exist in the world today. Linguists have
Dr. Feldman has been collecting Civil War letters, documents, and equipment for
tried to find the original language from which all
years. Among his collection are Sanitary Commission reports, medical discharges, and re-
other languages originated. They have utterly
productions of vintage medical tests. These documents provided the basis to create Dr. Eli
failed.
Johnson, the main character in Dr. Feldman's book, which will be on sale at the event for
The Indo-European language family contains
$10.00.
45% of the different forms used on the planet.
The author, a retired physician who is hopelessly lost in another time and place,
This includes English, Spanish, Russian and 446
lives out his fascination with Civil War history as a volunteer living historian for the Na-
other languages. The next most widely spoken language family is the Sino-Tibetan
tional Park Service at Castillo San Marcos in St. Augustine. He enjoys teaching visitors
group which includes Chinese. It is estimated to have about 403 distinct languages
about the early history of America by portraying an 18th and 19th Century Physician and a
approximately 22% of the world uses languages from this group. Besides these
1740s Spanish soldier.
two families, 92 other distinct families exist. No one has shown how language
The second presentation in the three part series, "CIVIL WAR BLOCKADE RUN-
families as different as Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan could have derived from a
NING ON FLORIDA'S GULF COAST" will be presented on Saturday, February 11, 2017,
common source. The same is true of the other 92 families. Linguists have simply
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by author and historian Toni C. Collins. The talk is centered on the impact of the Civil War
hit a wall in explaining the many distinct language families throughout the world.
Union blockade of the 3,500 mile Southern Coastline. Collins will outline how the South
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revived the maritime practice of privateering and the building of eight highly successful
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published book will be on sale at the event for $10.00.
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Where did the many distinct languages come from? From God Himself.
The third presentation in the series, "EMBATTLED EXECUTIVE: GOVERNOR
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JOHN MILTON AND THE CIVIL WAR IN FLORIDA" will be presented by R. Boyd
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Milton's pleas, he maintained loyalty to the Confederate cause to the end.
Based on, Inspired Evidence a book by Bruce Malone, 2011
Murphree, a former assistant editor with the Papers of Abraham Lincoln in Spring-
Presented by Bob Allen, Biologist-Paid Advertisement
field, Illinois, and former archivist with the Florida State Archives in Tallahassee, currently
Contact Bob at SFTT321@gmail.com
is the Project Manager for the University of Florida Smathers Libraries' Florida Family and
Community History digital project.
All presentations start at 2:00 PM and will be held in the Club House of the Cedar
Key RV Resort, 11980 SW Shiloh Road, Sumner (12 miles west of Otter Creek, behind the
Cedar Key Country Store on SR 24). Ample parking is available across the Shiloh Road
from the RV resort and the event is free and open to the public.
For more information, www.levycountyhistoricalsociety.com or call Lindon Lind-
sey at (352) 493-4066 or Toni Collins at (352) 490-5636.
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