Wirz Trial Courtroom, Washington, D.C., September 1865, artist's impression, detail

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

07/25/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 9, 2015

Depicted ContentHenry Wirz, former commandant of the Andersonville prison camp, is executed in Washington, D.C.

Depicted ContentAt the Capitol, the trial of Henry Wirz, former Andersonville prison commandant, continues in Washington

Depicted ContentHenry Wirz, former commandant of the Andersonville prison camp, goes on trial in Washington

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engraving

Original caption

The Courtroom in which Captain Wrz, the Andersonville Jailer, is being tried in Washington.

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, September 16, 1865, p. 577.

Source note

Cropped from the larger image, also available here. 

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