Fort Lafayette
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Description: Fort Lafayette was an island coastal fortification in New York Harbor, built next to Fort Hamilton. During the Civil War, the casement were used to house Confederate prisoners of war and politicians opposed to Abraham Lincoln's administration policies.
Source: Benson Lossing Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912) 2: Civil war in the United States
Keywords: American Civil War, Fort Lafayette, New York, Confederate prisoners of war
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