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pparently, Swampoodle was the old name for the area around Union Station, and the Stadium was located on the spot where Union Station is now sitting. Reader and twitterer @MorseBeard did some research on the Swampoodle grounds, and had some good stuff to add. The next paragraph is all from… his research:
The stadium was called Capitol Park, but contemporary sources referred to it as the Swampoodle Grounds. After doing his own research years ago, he found that  “Capitol Park” had been located at the corner of North Capitol St and Mass Avenue, NE, with home plate situated near that corner, with the field fanning out northeasterly from there. Here is a link showing that spot. That’s the Old Post Office building now (you know, with the Capital City Brewing attached) and while it’s very close to Union Station, it is actually about a block over. His location is more descriptive anyway, indicating where home plate is and all. He also noted that ownership actually preferred to call the team the Statesmen, although Nationals was used as well.
The stadium did have some historic moments – Hall of Fame pitcher Pud Galvin won his 300th game there. As a sidenote, here’s an interesting story on Pud Galvin and steroids that were basically testosterone drained directly from a monkey’s… um… testosterone-makers.