Kamis, 20 Juli 2017

The Andersonville Trial, 1865

Was Confederate Captain Henry Wirz America’s first war criminal, or was he merely a scapegoat? Captain Henry Wirz, a Swiss citizen and Confederate officer during the American Civil War, was commandant of the infamous Andersonville Prison in Georgia. In August 1865, Wirz faced the first war crimes trial by a military tribunal in American history, …

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