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To: central_va

I agree that Col Wirz got the shaft. My limited recollection, from a visit to Andersonville in 1977, is his commander was not available for the war crimes trial, and Wirz was his surrogate.


59 posted on 04/26/2013 7:56:03 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: donmeaker
My limited recollection, from a visit to Andersonville in 1977, is his commander was not available for the war crimes trial, and Wirz was his surrogate.

He wasn't available because he was dead. John Winder was in charge of confederate prisons and he died of a heart attack in February 1865,

66 posted on 04/27/2013 4:09:19 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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