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Andersonville and the trial of Henry Wirz
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
A view of the scaffold inside the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C., with the condemned, Confederate Captain Henry Wirz, his lawyer Louis Schade, and about eight other men on the platform. One of the men is is adjusting the noose around Wirz's neck, and a large number of soldiers are standing on all sides of the gallows. There are people watching from the trees outside the walls of the prison.
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Visual Materials
A view of the scaffolding inside the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C., with the condemned, Confederate Captain Henry Wirz, his lawyer Louis Schade, and about eight other men on the platform. One of the men is reading the death warrant, and a large number of soldiers are standing on all sides of the gallows.
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