The Confederacy received little help from Florida; the 15,000 men it offered were generally sent elsewhere Instead of men and manufactured goods Florida did provide salt and more importantly beef to feed the Confederate armies This was particularly important after 1864 when the Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi River thereby losing access to Texas beef the largest engagements in the state were the Battle of Olustee on February 20 1864 and the Battle of Natural Bridge on March 6 1865 Both were Confederate victories the war ended in 1865. Historical Museum of Southern Florida 1 7656. Student activities Beginning April 26 2004 under then new superintendent Dr Rudy Crew the school year was begun three weeks earlier in order to synchronize the school district with the rest of the state Until this point Miami-Dade County Schools was the only district whose students began school the last week of August rather than the first This measure was also implemented to allow schools more time to ready themselves for the state's FCAT exam.
. The demographics of South Florida residents can be segmented as following: 3.1 2000s: a new era Miami is also home to Paso Fino horses and competitions are held at Tropical Park Equestrian Center; Sloughs or free-flowing channels of water develop in between sawgrass prairies Sloughs are about 3 feet (0.91 m) deeper than sawgrass marshes and may stay flooded for at least 11 months out of the year and sometimes multiple years in a row Aquatic animals such as turtles alligators snakes and fish thrive in sloughs; they usually feed on aquatic invertebrates Submerged and floating plants grow here such as bladderwort (Utricularia) waterlily (Nymphaeaceae) and spatterdock (Nuphar lutea) Major sloughs in the Everglades system include the Shark River Slough flowing out to Florida Bay Lostmans River Slough bordering the Big Cypress and Taylor Slough in the eastern Everglades, 1 Names Limestone Creek, The Green Library is FIU's main library is the largest building on campus and one of the largest library buildings in the Southeastern United States Originally designed by Architect David M Harper in 1973 the Green Library was expanded by the architecture firm M C Harry & Associates Inc in the early 1990s to its current eight floors with a capacity to expand to a total of 15 floors if necessary the eight-floor structure was built over through and around the original three-story library while it was still in use.
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