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===Old Capitol Prison, 1861–1867===
[[File:Execution of Henry Wirz.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The 1865 execution of convicted Civil War [[war criminal]] [[Henry Wirz]] near the U.S. Capitol moments after the trap door was sprung.]]

With the start of the Civil War in 1861, the Union repurchased the building to use as a prison for captured Confederates, as well as political prisoners, spies, Union officers convicted of [[insubordination]], and local [[Prostitution in the United States|prostitutes]]. Famous inmates of the prison included [[Rose Greenhow]], [[Belle Boyd]], [[John S. Mosby|John Mosby]], and [[Henry Wirz]], who was hanged in the yard of the prison.

Many people arrested following the [[assassination of Abraham Lincoln|assassination of President Abraham Lincoln]] were also held here. These included Dr. [[Samuel Mudd]], [[Mary Surratt]], [[Louis Weichmann]], and [[John T. Ford]], owner of [[Ford's Theater]], where Lincoln was shot. The adjoining row of houses, Duff Green's Row, was also used as part of the prison.