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Terri Blocker, left, a member of the group Florida Authentic Civilian Towne out of Lake City, shows students from Robert H. Jenkins Elementary School items that may have been included in care boxes for Civil War soldiers during the Occupation of Palatka event Friday. (CASMIRA HARRISON/Palatka Daily News) -
Christina Curtis, right, hands off a modern-day water bottle to her daughter, Emily-Jane Curtis, during a short break from their efforts teaching Putnam County youth about Civil War-era life during the Occupation of Palatka on Friday. (CASMIRA HARRISON/Palatka Daily News) -
Rob Mattson, organizer of the Occupation of Palatka Civil War reenactment this year, portrays a Union Navy sailor standing at the riverfront looking for signs of enemy ships during the Occupation of Palatka Civil War reenactment Friday through Sunday at the historic Bronson-Mulholland House. (TRISHA MURPHY/Palatka Daily News) -
Historical reenactor Jean Dominguez teaches students about communications during the 1800s. (Palatka Daily News file)
With black powder muskets firing and smoke rising this weekend it will be a scene straight out of history when Union soldiers occupied Palatka.
The year was 1864.
“It was a war,” said Rob Mattson,…