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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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: November 10, 1865
Call number: photOV 10420
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Hanging of Capt. Henry Wirz (C.S.A.) ; reading the death warrant
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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.
photOV 10421