Washington Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C.

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Civil War–era prison military prison

Washington Arsenal Penitentiary in Washington, D.C. was a Civil War–era military prison best known as the site where several conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, including David Herold, were executed.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Old Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C.	2
Washington Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C. canonical	1

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Civil War–era prison ⓘ military prison ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ surface form: assassination of Abraham Lincoln
associatedWithPerson	David Herold ⓘ George Atzerodt ⓘ John Wilkes Booth ⓘ Lewis Powell ⓘ Mary Surratt ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demolishedOrRepurposed	no longer in original prison use ⓘ
executionMethodUsed	hanging ⓘ
function	detention of military prisoners ⓘ detention of political prisoners ⓘ
historicalRole	Union military prison ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
knownFor	execution of Lincoln assassination conspirators ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedNear	Potomac River ⓘ
locatedOn	Arsenal grounds ⓘ
notableIn	history of presidential assassinations in the United States ⓘ history of the American Civil War ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Army ⓘ
partOf	Washington Arsenal ⓘ
securityClass	high security ⓘ
siteOf	execution of David Herold ⓘ execution of George Atzerodt ⓘ execution of Lewis Powell ⓘ execution of Mary Surratt ⓘ
state	District of Columbia ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
usedBy	United States military commission ⓘ surface form: U.S. military commission
usedDuring	American Civil War ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

David Herold → placeOfExecution → Washington Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C. ⓘ

Mary Surratt → executionLocation → Washington Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C.

David Edgar Herold → executedAt → Washington Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C.