A Fort Fisher and Wilmington Connection with the Lincoln Conspirators

The Lincoln conspirators, with the exception of Mary Surratt, were incarcerated aboard the monitors Saugus and Montauk after they were captured.  Both ships had been prepared for this purpose at Washington Navy Yard on April 15th.

The USS Saugus had been present at both battles of Fort Fisher.  After the second battle, she was towed to Norfolk for repairs and spent the rest of the war on the James River.

The USS Montauk was not at the battles of Fort Fisher, but participated in the follow up action on the Cape Fear River that led to the fall of Wilmington, North Carolina.

--Old B-R'er