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Hello Bill,
Having just read the book "Blockaders, Refugees and Contrabands..Civil War on Florida's Gulf Coast 1861-1865" by George E. Buker (1993 but still available at Amazon.com $39.95) I recalled the name of Snipes and found the following:
On page 184 of the appendix is a muster list of the members of William Wilson Strickland's band of Union men from Taylor County. On the list is J. Snipes, age 60 (in 1860) birthplace South Carolina, residence in 1860 Taylor County; also M. J. Snipes (no further information); and Philip Snipes, 27, born South Carolina, also resident of Taylor County. Most of the other men on the list were recruited into the U.S. 2nd Florida Cavalry. On page 101, it reads: "On 16 February (1864) Strickland's boat brought fresh provisions out to the Tahoma (U.S. blockade vessel). Mr. and Mrs. Snipes elected to remain on the ship. Snipe's identity was not given comletely enough to distinguish which one of the four Snipeses connected with the band he was. (a footnote indicates that this information came from the log of the Tahoma for the above date).
If you have not had occasion to read this book, I heartily recommend it, for it gives an insightful account of the tragic events in Taylor County toward the end of the civil war. All four of my first wife's great grandparents died as victims of the violence during that period although from all I've been able to learn, neither great grandparent served in the armed forces of either the North or the South.
I hope this may serve to help you.
Olin Tillotson
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