Dr. Samuel A. Mudd - Garden Key, Dry Tortugas, FL
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N 24° 37.680 W 082° 52.445
17R E 310298 N 2725050
Dr. Mudd was imprisoned here at Fort Jefferson for setting the leg of a suspected plotter of Lincoln's death.
Waymark Code: WMVYTB
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2017
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County of site: Monroe County
Location of marker: West wall cell, Fort Jefferson, Dry Torugugas
Marker erected by: National Park Service, Department of the Interior
Date marker erected: March 1961
Marker Text:
In memory of
DR. SAMUEL A. MUDD
1833-1883
Imprisoned Fort Jefferson, Florida
July 24, 1865
"...upon occasion of the prevalence of the yellow fever Samuel A. Mudd devoted himself to the care and cure of the sick, and interposed his courage and skill to protect the garrison...from peril and alarm, and thus...saved many valuable lives, and earned the admiration and gratitude of all who observed or experienced his generous and faithful services to humanity.
PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON
Pardon, dated February 8, 1869
DR MUDD WAS RELEASED, AND LEFT FORT JEFFERSON
March 11, 1869