The demon of the Andersonville prison...
Item # 708588
August 29, 1865
NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 29, 1865 The front page has much on the trial of Henry Wirz.
Wirz was a Confederate Army officer during the Civil War. He was the commandant of Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia, where nearly 13,000 Union Army prisoners of war died as a 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" "Further Testimony as to Inhuman Treatment" "Sharp Cross-examinations by Defendant's Counsel" "Collision Between the Counsel & the Court" and more. This text takes one-third of the front page.
Eight pages, minor binding indents at the blank spine, nice condition.
Wirz was a Confederate Army officer during the Civil War. He was the commandant of Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia, where nearly 13,000 Union Army prisoners of war died as a 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" "Further Testimony as to Inhuman Treatment" "Sharp Cross-examinations by Defendant's Counsel" "Collision Between the Counsel & the Court" and more. This text takes one-third of the front page.
Eight pages, minor binding indents at the blank spine, nice condition.
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