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Court Martial of Henry Wirz. A significant it

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Court Martial of Henry Wirz. A significant it
Court Martial of Henry Wirz. A significant item: Printed Union General Orders, Washington, Nov. 6, 1865, 16 pp., comprising the court martial of Capt. Henry Wirz, the sole person to be executed for abuse and brutality to prisoners at Andersonville. Charged with over ten counts, Wirz was condemned to be hanged. Instructions for the sentence to be carried out signed in type by Pres. Johnson. Highly detailed coverage of the trial. With separate General Orders, H.Q., United Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, 1909, declaring erection of "a handsome monument" to memory of Wirz. "The justice due Capt. Wirz has been tenderly done by this noble band of Southern Women...." Later information uncovered Confederate Gen. John H. Winder as the one responsible for conditions at Andersonville, rather than Wirz. A few leaves of first item detached, else fine. Scarce and historic.