Remains of a 19th-century quarantine hospital and cemetery were found submerged at Dry Tortugas National Park near the island of Garden Key in Florida.
Park cultural resources staff, assisted by members of the National Park Service’s Submerged Resources Center, the Southeast Archeological Center, and a University of Miami graduate student conducted a survey that led to the findings, according to a press release from the“While only one grave has been identified, historical records indicate that dozens of people, mostly U.S. soldiers stationed at Fort Jefferson, may have been buried there.
One of those civilians, John Greer, was employed as a laborer at the fort and died there on Nov. 5, 1861. According to the press release, researchers are trying to learn more about Greer and the other people who were interred at the now-submerged cemetery.
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