" Ships, Sailors and Shipwrecks of Civil War Florida" is the theme of the current exhibit at the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee. Visitors are offered a glimpse into several aspects of the war previously undocumented. The exhibit contains a collection of artifacts recovered from Florida wrecks and also the items on loan from the Smithsonian Institution and Florida Division of Historical Resources.
Levy County residents visiting the exhibit may be surprised to view two little known artifacts directly tied to our area which are included in the exhibit. On display are two of the four cypress burial makers that once marked the graves of the Union sailors buried on Seahorse Key.
One of the men, William M. Robinson was serving on aboard the supply vessel USS Union in 1864 when he died from injuries due to a fall. The second man, Ephraim Hearn was serving aboard the USS Fort Henry when he died in 1863 of a concussion. When the men were buried on the island, a cypress board resembling a tombstone was etched with the name, date of death, and vessel on which the deceased was serving at the time of death.
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