I can only offer the following snippet:
When Colonel Rodes of the 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment arrived in Pensacola,Florida, he found chaos and confusion everywhere as large numbers of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi troops were gathered under various commanders, but with little inclination to cooperate. Originally there were five Federal installations around Pensacola, but Federal troops had withdrawn to Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, strategically located in the harbor.