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The Tragedy of Andersonville Prison : the Trial of Captain Henry Wirz.
After the Civil War, Captain Henry Wirz of Andersonville Prison--where over 13,000 Union soldiers died--was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. In response to a written request from the National Association of Union Prisoners of War, General Chipman published this evidence reported at the tria...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Scituate :
Digital Scanning, Inc.,
Nov. 2000.
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| Edición: | Reprint. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""TRAGEDY OF ANDERSONVILLE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""CHAPTER I.""; ""Motive Shown for the Publication of the Evidence Taken at the Trial of Wirz""; ""Charges Made by Jefferson Davis in 1890""; ""The Revival of these Accusations by the, United Daughters of the Confederacy, in 1905, that Wirz Was “Judicially Murdered�""; ""Erection of Monument to Wirz in 1909 at Andersonville""; ""False and Misleading Inscriptions on the Monument""; ""Protest of the Grand Army of the Republic""; ""Proceedings at National Encampment in 1906 at Minneapolis""; ""Important Feature of Trial""
- ""Exposure of Confederate Policy and Its Guilty Participation in Crime�""""More Union Soldiers Died at Andersonville Than Killed in Action in Combined Battles of Second Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellor""; ""CHAPTER II.""; ""Jefferson Davis and Andersonville""; ""His Published Article Briefly Outlined and Its Specific Charges Noted and Examined""; ""Some Gross Misstatements Corrected""; ""His Accusations Revived and Reasserted by the United Daughters of the Confederacy by Inscriptions on the Wirz Monument""; ""Issues of Wirz�s Defenders and Confederacy Clearly Defined�Charg""
- ""Charge Refuted That Federal Government Responsible for Deaths.""""CHAPTER III.""; ""Some Hitherto Unpublished Facts""; ""Organization of the Court""; ""The Charges and Specifications""; ""Special Pleas Interposed""; ""Jurisdiction of the Court""; ""Once in Jeopardy""; ""Right of Parole Claimed""; ""Argument""; ""Pleas Overruled""; ""Facts as to Wirz�s Arrest""; ""Wirz Pleads Not Guilty""; ""Rules of Procedure""; ""Circumstances of Wirz�s Arrest""; ""Wirz�s Military Status""; ""His Place of Burial""; ""The True Significance of the Trial""; ""CHAPTER IV.""
- ""Location of Andersonville Prison""""Description of the Prison Pen""; ""Wirz Assigned to Its Command""; ""Early Condition of the Prisoners Deplorable""; ""Official Reports of Rebel Officers""; ""Injunction to Abate Prison as a Nuisance Because of Noxious Odors""; ""Upon Whom Rested Responsibility of""; ""Origin of Dead Line""; ""Rebel Authorities at Richmond Informed""; ""Mortality Increased""; ""In One Month 2,993 Died.""; ""CHAPTER V.""; ""Condition of the Prison Continued""; ""Sufferings of Prisoners Depicted""; ""Report of Colonel D.T. Chandler""; ""Report of Dr. Joseph Jones""
- ""Causes of Sickness and Death Shown""""Responsibility Fixed""; ""Confederate Authorities at Richmond Had Full Knowledge""; ""Colonel Chandler�s Testimony""; ""Testimony of Dr. Jones""; ""Six Square Feet to the Man""; ""Barely Room to Comfortably Lie Down""; ""Inadequate Police Control""; ""Prisoners Try, Condemn, and Hang Six of Their Number""; ""Prisoners Murdered by Their Fellow-Prisoners for Their Clothing and Food""; ""The Bodies of the Dead Mutilated""; ""Reports by Surgeon Stevenson, Surgeon White, and Surgeon Thornburg""