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行刑人在斷頭臺上對沃茲宣讀他的死刑執行書:華盛頓特區
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南方聯邦前指揮官亨利‧沃茲 (Henry
Wirz) 於1865年11月10日接受絞刑
在1865年11月10日的早晨,亨利‧沃茲從舊州議會大廈裡的牢房中醒來,並且寫下給他太太的最後一封信。他是罪大惡極的南方聯盟前指揮官,現在被關在喬治亞州的安德森威爾 (Andersonville) 監獄裡,將在這一天到華盛頓特區接受絞刑。瑞士出生的沃茲在內戰結束這天--也就是1865年5月7日--被逮捕時,他是監獄裡唯一的南方聯盟官員,因此,成為敵人眼中南方聯盟官員的代表。
On the morning of November 10, 1865, Henry Wirz rose in his cell at the Old Capitol and wrote a last letter to his wife. The former commander of the infamous Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, was to be hanged that day in Washington, D.C. When Swiss-born Wirz was arrested on May 7, 1865, at the end of the Civil War, he was the only remaining member of the Confederate staff at the prison, so in the eyes of his enemies, he represented them all.
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