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Visual Materials
Hanging of Capt. Henry Wirz (C.S.A.) ; adjusting the rope
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- Description
- 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.
- Date
- November 10, 1865
- Call number
- photOV 10420
