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Trial of Capt. Wirz for the Andersonville Prison horrors...



Item # 674671

September 09, 1865

NEW-YORK TIMES, Sept. 9, 1865 

* Andersonville prison trial
* Henry Wirz


The front page has: "Trial Of Capt. Wirz" "He Petitions the Court to be Allowed Spiritual Advisers" "The Court Refers to Letter to the War Department" "Andersonville Correspondence of the Rebel War Office" "Letters from Capt. Wirz and Gen. John H. Winder" "Cumulative Evidence of Rebel Barbarity".
Captain Henry Wirz was the notorious commander of the prison camp at Andersonville.
Eight pages, a bit irregular at the blank spine due to disbinding. Good condition.

Category: Post-Civil War