Fort Jefferson
Union fort located in the Dry Tortugas Islands in the Florida Keys. Served as a Union confinement prison and labor camp from September 1861.
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Fort Jefferson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203183 (November 12, 2026).
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