Archeologists find remains of an underwater hospital and cemetery.
that records indicate dozens of people, mostly U.S. soldiers stationed at Fort Jefferson, may have been buried there.
Major outbreaks of the disease killed dozens, but the quarantine hospital offered a place to isolate patients, likely saving hundreds of lives.
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