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Trial of the "demon" of Andersonville.... How the soldiers were buried...



Item # 708725

October 19, 1865

NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 19, 1865  Page 5 has column heads: "TRIAL OF CAPT. WIRZ" "A Few More Points of Testimony introduced" "Interesting Letter from Commissioner Ouler" "He Swaps Miserable Wretches for Good Material" "The Reading of Wirz's Argument In His Own Defence".
Also on page 5 is a column on: "The Andersonville Graves - Report of Capt. J. M. Moore" "Condition of the Trenches--How Our Brave Soldiers Were Buried--Over 12,000 Bodies Identified and Marked--450 Graves Marked Unknown".
Eight pages, nice condition.

Item from last month's catalog - #364 - released for March, 2026.

Category: Post-Civil War