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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 92 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OLUSTEE , a See also:

village of See also:Baker See also:county, See also:Florida, U.S.A., in the See also:precinct of Olustee, about 46 m. W. by S. of See also:Jacksonville. Pop. of the precinct (1910) 466. The village is served by the Seaboard See also:Air See also:Line. The See also:battle of Olustee, or Ocean See also:Pond (the name of a small See also:body of See also:water in the vicinity), one of the most sanguinary engagements of the See also:Civil See also:War in proportion to the See also:numbers engaged, was fought on the loth of See also:February 1864, about 2 M. See also:east of Olustee, between about 5500 Federal troops, under See also:General Truman See also:Seymour (1824-1891), and about 5400 See also:Con-federates, under General See also:Joseph Finegan, the Federal forces being decisively defeated, with a loss, in killed and wounded, of about one-third of their number, including several See also:officers. The Confederate losses, in killed and wounded, were about 940.

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