. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . ion tookplace in Washington within short dis-tance of the National Capitol, andBradys cameras were taken into theprison yard. The negative was takenas the condemned man stood on thescaffold, with head bowed, listeningto the reading of his death negative was secured afterthe noose had been tightened aroundhis neck and the drop had beensprung. The photographs perpetuatea tragic moment. It will be seen thatthe soldiers on guard were standingat attention. The evidence againstWirtz was overw
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . ion tookplace in Washington within short dis-tance of the National Capitol, andBradys cameras were taken into theprison yard. The negative was takenas the condemned man stood on thescaffold, with head bowed, listeningto the reading of his death negative was secured afterthe noose had been tightened aroundhis neck and the drop had beensprung. The photographs perpetuatea tragic moment. It will be seen thatthe soldiers on guard were standingat attention. The evidence againstWirtz was overwhelming. Manywitnesses testified to the cruelty ofthe accused man and the horrors en-acted within the dead lines at Ander-sonvillc. Prisoners were forced togo forty-eight hours without of them became insane; otherscommitted suicide. There were de-liberate, cold-blooded murders ofpeaceable men. No opportunitieswere afforded for cleanliness and theprisoners were covered with execution of Wirtz met publicapproval and this photograph showshim in his last moments of PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WHILE DEATH WARRANT WAS BEING READ TO WIRTZ, THE KEEPER OF ANDERSONVILLE PRISON IN 1865
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