After the war, land was purchased north of the arsenal/fort for the first federal penitentiary. The Lincoln conspirators were imprisoned here and four of them, including Mary Surratt, were hanged.
Civil War wounded were also treated here.
The arsenal was closed in 1881 and the post was transferred to the Quartermasters Corps.
In 1948, the post was renamed to honor Lt. General Lesley J. McNair who was killed at St. Lo, France, 25 July 1944 by friendly fire.
Today, the National defense University, Inter-American defense College and U.S. Army Center of Military History are located here.
--Old Secesh
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