Florida Frontiers “The Maple Leaf” - Florida Historical Society
At 4:00 a.m. on April 1, 1864, an explosion disrupted the still waters of the St. Johns River as a Confederate mine ripped through the hull of the steamship Maple Leaf. The ship was transporting Union supplies during the Civil War.
The Battle of St. Johns Bluff - Jacksonville, Florida
The Battle of St. Johns Bluff was fought in 1862 for control of the important port city of Jacksonville, Florida. A Union victory and admitted disaster for Confederate forces, the Civil War battle gave the Union control of the mouth of the St. Johns River.
The Maple Leaf: An American Civil War Shipwreck
The Maple Leaf: An American Civil War Shipwreck. During the latter part of the Civil War in Florida, the Union transport ship Maple Leaf was sunk in the St. John's River near Jacksonville by a Confederate torpedo.
Hester’s Bluff and St. Johns Town – Florida History Online
Confederate and Union forces must have agreed with Bartram; they contended for the bluff in 1862 during the American Civil War. In 1898, American engineers installed artillery on the bluff during the Spanish American War. The defensive potential of …
St. Johns River - Wikipedia
The St. Johns River became the first place colonized in the region and its first battleground: when French explorer Jean Ribault erected a monument south of the river's mouth to make the French presence known, it alarmed the Spanish who had been exploring the southern and western coast of the peninsula for decades.
Florida Battles - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)
May 22, 2015 · Florida Battles from Dyer's Compendium. 1861. Engagement. USA Units (Dyer) CSA Units (Crute) Jan. 6. Seizure of U.S. Arsenal at Appalachicola. By State troops. ...
The Civil War at Pilot Town - U.S. National Park Service
Jul 17, 2020 · Pilot Town on Batton Island was home to a colony of fugitive slaves that regularly interacted with the Union blockading fleet stationed at the mouth of the St. Johns River and provided black enlistees for the Union military.
“The Maple Leaf Shipwreck in the St. Johns River” - Coastal …
Dec 4, 2017 · For example, a shipwreck in the St. Johns River near Jacksonville, provides a treasure trove of information about the American Civil War. First launched in Ontario, Canada, in 1851, the 181-foot-long sidewheel paddle steamer began life carrying people and cargo from a …
'Thunder on the River' looks at the Civil War in Northeast Florida
Jul 4, 2010 · After the Union gunboat Harriet A. Weed was destroyed by Confederate torpedoes in the St. Johns River in May 1864, a correspondent for The New York Times had a suggestion for the Federal...
Yellow Bluff Fort - Jacksonville, Florida - ExploreSouthernHistory.com
during the Civil War. Forced to evacuate Fernandina and Fort Clinch in September of 1862 in the face of a planned Union attack, the Confederates in Northeast Florida turned their attention to Jacksonville and the mouth of the St. Johns River. Southern engineers built a powerful fortification at St. Johns Bluff on the south