The Lincoln Conspirators at Fort Jefferson

[Dave Taylor]

(12-04-2024 04:27 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Good videos Dave.
I've watched the first three.

In your research, have you uncovered anything of interest about a prisoner named George Greenfield?
I first learned about him from Sam Arnold's "Memoirs of a Lincoln Conspirator

Gene,

Col. George St. Leger Grenfell makes his appearance in episode four when he is first placed with the other state prisoners in the dungeon of Fort Jefferson. From then on, he is imprisoned with the conspirators, so his name pops up from time to time. I talk about how he helped care for Samuel Arnold during the yellow fever epidemic. I also mentioned Col. Grenfell's own escape from Fort Jefferson in the eighth episode (which hasn't been released yet). He was quite a character and I wish I had more time to devote to him.

There's a book called Colonel Grenfell's Wars, which tells his story. You can check it out from the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/colonelgrenfells0000star