Arsenal Penitentiary
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Arsenal Penitentiary was a military prison used during and after the American Civil War
, located inside Fort Lesley J. McNair
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This is where Mary Surrat, and her conspirators, were imprisoned, and later hanged after their conviction of the assassination of President Lincoln.
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
, located inside Fort Lesley J. McNair
Fort Lesley J. McNair
Fort Lesley J. McNair is a United States Army post located on the tip of a peninsula that lies at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. To its west is the Washington Channel, while the Anacostia River is on its south side...
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This is where Mary Surrat, and her conspirators, were imprisoned, and later hanged after their conviction of the assassination of President Lincoln.