Winder Building

During the Civil War, this building served as the headquarters of the United States Army. Major General Winfield Scott, Major General Halleck, and later Lieutenant General U.S. Grant had their offices here. It also housed the Bureau of Military Justice, Engineer Office, Ordnance Office, and Office of the Commissioner for the Exchange of Prisoners. President Lincoln was a constant visitor during the trying days of the war and received here the latest dispatches by wire from the army in the west and by courier from the southern front. In addition to conferences with his military commanders, he often came at night to talk to prisoners held in the cells.

Washington, District of Columbia · United States