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聯邦戰俘營裡的一位囚犯在1864年寫給他親戚的信裡附上這張畫有監獄情形的圖
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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
直到1863年，聯邦政府與南方聯盟的軍隊還繼續囚禁一定數量的戰犯，並定期的進行囚犯買賣。但是當美國政府結束這種囚犯交換的行為之後，李其蒙監獄裡的囚犯馬上就大量的增加。之所以停止交換囚犯的行為，是因為南方聯盟拒絕交換黑人囚犯。安德森威爾監獄本來就是倉促興建好的，裡頭的設備也一點都不齊全。儘管如此，犯人還是一直被送進來，使獄方必須要提供住所，以及任何可以找得到的食物，甚至只能喝受到污染的飲水。許多人因為飢餓與疾病而死亡。在1864年至1865年之間，約有49485位士兵被送到安德森威爾監獄裡，而其中有超過13000人死亡。
亨利‧沃茲頭上套著黑色的頭套，被帶到斷頭臺上，用生命為他的所作所為付出代價。
Until 1863, the Union and Confederate armies kept prisoners of war to a minimum with regular trades of prisoners. But when U.S. authorities ended prisoner exchanges, the number of Union prisoners in Richmond swelled to an unmanageable size. These exchanges ended because the Confederacy refused to exchange black prisoners. The Andersonville prison was hastily constructed, and its facilities were completely inadequate. Nonetheless, prisoners were brought in, forced to provide their own shelter, scrounge for whatever food they could find, and drink from a contaminated water supply. Many men died of starvation and disease. Of the 49,485 soldiers sent to Andersonville during 1864 and 1865, more than 13,000 died there.
Henry Wirz, led to the gallows with a black robe draped over his shoulders, paid for all these events with his own life.
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