"Underwater Discovery: Civil War-Era Hospital and Cemetery Unearthed off Florida Coast"

Marine archaeologists have discovered a Civil War-era cemetery on a submerged island off the coast of Florida. The island, which once held a quarantine hospital and cemetery for those stationed at Fort Jefferson, was discovered by a maritime archaeologist in 2016. The site was finally surveyed in August 2022, revealing intact grave markers, including one for John Greer, a laborer at the fort who died in 1861. The archaeologists plan to leave the site undisturbed and undisclosed to protect cultural resources and marine wildlife.