New Civil War shipwreck exhibit opens at Amelia Island Museum
233 S. Third Street, Fernandina Beach, Fla, 32034 233 South Third Street, Fernandina Beach, FL, United StatesThis fall, the Amelia Island Museum of History will host a traveling exhibit exploring the story of the Maple Leaf. In April 1864, this Civil War–era steamship struck a Confederate mine and sank near Mandarin Point on the St. Johns River, about 30 miles upriver from Amelia Island. The ship remained buried in the river’s […]
