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Rose Greenhow's Prison

Her daughter went to prison with her at eight. Her gold went with her into the sea.

Collection: Washington: More Stories · USA · Open in OpenStreetMap

Plan of the Old Capitol Prison on Capitol Hill
Plan of the Old Capitol Prison on Capitol Hill · Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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How the story begins

The Condor, a blockade runner, had run aground off the Cape Fear River on the first of October 1864, and Rose Greenhow would not wait for the tide. The captain hoped to float the ship off. She had about two thousand dollars in gold for the Confederacy with her, and she was afraid of capture. She had been a Union prisoner before, on this spot. The Old Capitol Prison stood here until 1929, when it was razed for the Supreme Court.

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Visiting

First Street NE at East Capitol Street, opposite the US Capitol. Nothing of the prison remains. See the Supreme Court from the sidewalk; plaza access can change, so follow what is posted.

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