BATTLE OF OLUSTEE - RE-ENACTMENT & EDUCATION THE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE OF ITS MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORIC EVENTS OF THE BATTLE OF OLUSTEE, WHICH WAS THE ONLY MAJOR CIVIL WAR BATTLE FOUGHT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ALL ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE FESTIVAL AND RE-ENACTMENT COINCIDE WITH THE DATES OF THE ORIGINAL BATTLE WHICH WAS FOUGHT IN LATE FEBRUARY.