ivan salis
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I live in callahan , florida --(named after yulee's rail road foreman ) the next town over from me to the east along state road 200 is called YULEE -- yulee was a jewish --the first rep from florida as a state --senator yulee --the first jewish senator * a wealthy and powerful man --he set up the railroad from fernandina to cedar key to transport cargo across the neck of florida so that it did not have to go on sailing vessels around the tip of florida (and the dangerous keys area) to get into the gulf of mexico -- since florida was only made a state in 1845 a mere 15 years before the civil war broke out ---( and many iof floridas inhabitants had mixed feeling about it even then ) since florida had been an english colony (1763 to 1783) during the rev warabout 100 years before but had remained british loyal at the time --- basically the USA bought florida from spain for 5 millon in 1819 and it was like being a US citizen or leave basically . -- when florida broke free of the USA in 1860 ---YULEE resigned and backed the south not in a "offical" elected position but rather as a behind the scene "money" man -- helping with raising funds from folks abroad and advising fiscal policy --- the state of florida was vital to the souths war effort --florida provided lots of salt and beef for the confederate armies--- the cattle were gathered down south near the tampa area and were drove northward for shipment to the confederate armies by the * whip cracker cowboys* of florida--- later on in the war cattle breeders did not want confederate paper money for their cattle they wanted "real" money --gold or at least silver -- money was often brought in via the blockade runners who brought funds from the sale of cotton in nassau and from foreign backers isssued notes by the confederate govt -- with highly favorible returns should the south win. -- a union raid on the fort that normally bought the beef for shipment to the north made the confederate paymaster flee the fort with the funds to avoid its being captured by the union forces --- thus the source of the "tales"