(Answer) Which famous prisoner was detained at Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park?

Quiz Question: Which famous prisoner was detained at Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park?

The given options are:

  • John Wilkes Booth
  • John Brown
  • Samuel Mudd

Correct Answer: Samuel Mudd

Info: Mudd and three other men convicted for conspiring in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln were held here after 1865. Mudd, who’d treated John Wilkes Booth’s fractured leg, was eventually pardoned and released.

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