Fort Jefferson is where Samuel Mudd, Edmund Spangler, Samuel Arnold and Michael O’Laughlen were imprisoned after their conviction for their roles in the Lincoln conspiracy. O’Laughlen died of yellow fever there. Samuel Mudd saved many of the sick acting as a doctor for the prisoners.
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Thanks for posting that history.
Dr. Mudd was not a part of the Lincoln assassination. He provided medical care (of a sort) to one of those allegedly involved.
I have heard that the saying “his name is mud” is directly connected to what happened to this Dr.