Basement of Capitol in Use As a Military Bakery The National Mall and nearby neighborhoods supported the lives of <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/303">Union troops stationed in the city</a> during the Civil War. This woodcut shows the bakery which was located in the basement of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/59">US Capitol</a>, and was capable of producing 58,000 loaves of bread a month for consumption by the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/351">Union Army</a>. <em>Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War</em>. <a href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7115791M/Frank_Leslie%27s_illustrated_history_of_the_Civil_War.">View original</a>. 1895 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1860-1889">1860-1889</a>