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  • Today in Florida History July 07, 1865 – Lewis Thornton Powell was hanged for his role in the conspiracy to kill President Abraham Lincoln on this date. Powell was not a native Floridian, but he had lived in Live Oak since 1859 with his family, and joined the 2nd Florida Infantry in Jasper in 1861 at the outbreak of war. He fought in a number of battles with the 2nd Florida, including Gettysburg before being injured and captured...Read more
 

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