Fort Jefferson
Americannoun
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During the American Civil War, Fort Jefferson was used as a military prison.
From New York Times • May 5, 2023
The main island, which is dominated by the hexagonal Fort Jefferson, a disused military fortress made of brick, has no hotels and only a primitive campsite.
From Reuters • Jan. 3, 2023
The main attraction is the Civil War-era Fort Jefferson, a grandiose structure full of history and surrounded by submerged docks teeming with marine life that make for great snorkeling sites.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2022
“Jupiter Lighthouse, Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West, Fort Jefferson and Fort Pickens in Pensacola - all of these places are threatened.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2017
All were sent to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas, a baking-hot group of islands about eighty miles west of the Florida Keys.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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