Fessenden, Francis

Life Span
to
Full name
Francis Fessenden
Place of Birth
Portland, ME
Burial Place
Portland, ME
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
3
No. of Spouses
1
Family
William Pitt Fessenden (father), Ellen Maria Deering Fessenden (mother), Ellen Winslow Fox (wife) 
Education
Harvard
Other Education
Bowdoin College, ME
Occupation
Politician
Military
Attorney or Judge
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Republican
Government
Local government
Military
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
Henry Wirz, former commandant of the Andersonville prison camp, goes on trial in Washington
- At the Capitol, the trial of Henry Wirz, former Andersonville prison commandant, continues in Washington
Henry Wirz, former commandant of the Andersonville prison camp, is executed in Washington, D.C.
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