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The Andersonville Prison Civil War crimes trial : a headline court case / Susan Banfield.

Author Banfield, Susan.

ImprintBerkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2000.

Note: ContentDrama in the courtroom -- American prisoners of war -- Conditions at Andersonville -- Wirz is brought to trial -- The government makes its case -- Wirz's defense -- Henry Wirz's last days -- The legacy of Andersonville.

Abstract:Examines the war crimes trial, in which Henry Wirz, the Confederate officer in charge of Andersonville Prison camp was accused of allowing the prisoners to be deliberately abused and neglected.

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