One of my Brooksville, Hernando Co. cousins sent me a link to a St. Pete Times story of a Sloop discovered in the Hillsborough River. The Sloop, Kate Dale, belonged to blockade runner, Capt. J. McKay. The link to the story is:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/article516881.ece

My cousin wondered how many Florida cattle people were involved with McKay during the Civil War?

If anyone can't get through to the link, let me know and I'll forward my e-mail message to try there.

Charles