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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 22: prisoners.-benevolent operations during the War.--readjustment of National affairs.--conclusion. (search)
ion alluded to; the published statements of scores of victims; the testimony elicited by the Committee on the Conduct of the War; the testimony on the trial of Captain Wirz, and the painfully interesting book written by Ambrose Spencer (who lived near Andersonville, and was personally acquainted with the method of proceeding theretined. Winder's chief executive officer in the exercise of cruelty toward the captives in Richmond, and especially in Libby Prison, was Major Turner; and Captain Henry Wirz, who was hanged Nov. 10, 1865. for his crimes, at the National Capital, was his most trusted and efficient lieutenant at Andersonville. His coadjutor in ty in full volume before us. The details are too shocking even to make it proper to present an abstract here. Suffice it to say, that Winder, with his son, nephew, Wirz, and others, performed their horrid task, with full license to do as they pleased, with alacrity and awful effect. It is with extreme reluctance that the writer