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The Only Post in the U.S. Where a Deceased Soldier Cannot Have Decent Internment: Recent maritime archaeological discoveries in Dry Tortugas National Park (2024)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Joshua L. Marano. Devon Fogarty.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. While mostly known for its use as a military prison during the American Civil War, the islands and waters surrounding Fort Jefferson within what is now Dry Tortugas National Park were utilized for a variety of purposes throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. As the population of Fort Jefferson swelled with military personnel,...