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

以沃茲在安德森威爾監獄中所受到的待遇來看，他沒有機會接受公證的審判。軍事審判團認為他和南方聯盟總統傑佛遜‧大衛斯共謀叛亂，使美國軍人的健康受到損傷並且造成人命的喪失。沃茲坦承所有的罪刑，最後被判公開處以絞刑。為什麼要做出這麼嚴厲的處分呢？是什麼使得安德森威爾監獄這樣的可怕？


Caught in the unfortunate position of answering for all the misery that had occurred at the Andersonville prison, Wirz stood little chance of a fair trial. A military tribunal tried him for conspiring with Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, to "injure the health and destroy the lives of soldiers in the military service of the United States." He was convicted on all counts and sentenced to a public execution. Why such a harsh punishment? What made the Andersonville prison so horrible?

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