In 1864, Camp Milton was a key Confederate installation aimed at blocking Union advances toward Baldwin, a supply center and railhead. Florida was a big supplier of cattle, salt and other goods to the Confederate army.

Although no major battles were fought on the grounds, Camp Milton served as a base for skirmishes between the 8,000 Confederate troops and 12,000 Union soldiers in Jacksonville, about a dozen miles to the east.

Soldiers and slaves built massive wooden defenses, preventing the Union Army's spread into the interior of north Florida. 

(2010) Enlarge Entrance to Camp Milton
  
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(2010) Enlarge Jacksonville Civil War interpretive marker

(2010) Enlarge The domes mark locations of soldiers' fire pits

(2010) Enlarge Life Under Siege interpretive marker