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PENSACOLA INHABITANTS OF 1863

(Taken from a clipping in notebook of Escambia County, Florida Miscellaneous Records in West Florida Regional Library Genealogical Collection - undated and no source)

From the diary of Dr. John Brosnaham, 21 July 1863:

Hundreds of Pensacola families had fled to more peaceful sections during the Civil War which left the total City Inhabitants at 72 Whites and 10 Colored.