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File Details: AMKKm, 750 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 42.4 Mb

Image ID: AMKK

Credit:

by Gardner (Alexander)

Date:

1865.11.10

Negative Size:

8 in. x 10 in.

Equipment:

gallows; stool

Locations & Lines:

Washington DC; District of Columbia

Military Units:

CS Army; US Army

Persons:

Wirz (Heinrich H.)

Structures & Establishments:

Old Capitol Prison (Washington DC); US Capitol (Washington DC)

Sources:

Chrysler Museum of Art; Library of Congress

Execution of Captain Wirz, the Keeper of Andersonville Prison (Springing the Trap.) [Gardner Co. cabinet card].

Katz, Witness To An Era, p199 says: Wirz’s body hangs while soldiers in the trees chant “Wirz, remember Andersonville!”

Gardner No. 7754.