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Sign over the cell that housed Dr. Samuel Mudd, controversial doctor whotreated John Wilkes Booth following Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Mudd wasconvicted of helping Booth and served three years of his sentence at FortJefferson. He helped treat many Union soldiers during a yellow fever epidemicand was subsequently paroled.
Photographer
Captain Albert E. Theberge
Display Date
2001 April 28
Location
Florida, Dry Tortugas National Park
Collection
America's Coastlines
Southeast
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA Corps (ret.)
Keywords
Coastline
Southeast Florida