Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: AMKLm, 750 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 42.9 Mb

Image ID: AMKL

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 (The Drop.) [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. 7755.

Etched onto negative: No. 7755.