Sinking of the Maple Leaf

Approximately 15 miles up river from this point, the Union transport Maple Leaf was destroyed by a Confederate mine during the early morning hours of April 1, 1864. The Maple Leaf sank to the bottom of the St. Johns River ...

Unearthing Florida- The Maple Leaf

In March of 1864, the Union Transport Ship Maple Leaf struck a Confederate mine and sank to the bottom of the St. John’s River near Jacksonville.

Minutes after the deafening blast, the Maple Leaf and its cargo spilled out across ...

Maple Leaf

A Great Escape

Currituck County played a vital role in a prisoner-of-war escape in 1863. At 1:30 P.M. on June 10, the troop-transport steamer Maple Leaf sailed from Fort Monroe, Va., for Fort Delaware, carrying 97 captured Confederate officers bound for ...

Maple Leaf Shipwreck

At 4:00 A.M. on April 1, 1864, the Civil War paddle wheeler, Maple Leaf, struck an underwater mine and sank in the St. Johns River in North Florida. The contents were not salvaged, and the wreck was largely forgotten.

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National Historic Landmark-Maple Leaf (Passenger Steamer/Wreck)

The sidewheeler Maple Leaf was designed and built in the Marine Railway Shipyard in Kingston, Ontario, and launched in 1851; she worked passenger routes on Lake Ontario prior to being chartered to the U.S. Army in 1862. As an Army ...