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The demon jailer of Andersonville...
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The demon jailer of Andersonville...

Item # 708585 ·
NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 26, 1865  The front page has much reporting on the trial of Captain Henry Wirz.
 Wirz was a Swiss-American convicted war criminal who served as a Confederate Army officer during the Civil War. He was the commandant of Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp near Andersonville, Georgia, where nearly 13,000 Union Army prisoners of war died as result of inhumane conditions. After the war, Wirz was tried and executed for conspiracy and murder relating to his command of the camp. This made the captain the highest-ranking soldier and only officer of the Confederate Army to be sentenced to death for crimes during their service. 
Column heads include: "TRIAL OF CAPT. WIRZ" "Conclusion of the Testimony of Dr. Bates" "Horrible Revelations of the Want of Foot" "Description of the Stocks & the Chain Gang" "A Union Prisoner's Face Torn by a Bloodhound" "Prisoners to be Fired Upon if Kilpatrick Came Near" plus more.Eight pages, very nice condition.

Item from our most recent catalog - #370 - released for September, 2026

Category: Post-Civil War
Price
$32
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.