The Andersonville Prison Civil War crimes trial
Subtitle: a headline court case
By: Susan Banfield.
Series: Headline court cases
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Wirz, Henry, 1823?-1865 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature.; Wirz, Henry, 1823?-1865 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Andersonville Prison -- Juvenile literature.; Andersonville Prison.; War crime trials -- Georgia -- Andersonville -- Juvenile literature.; Prisoners of war -- Georgia -- Andersonville -- Juvenile literature.; War crime trials -- Georgia -- Andersonville.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Examines the war crimes trial, in which Henry Wirz, the Confederate officer in charge of Andersonville Prison camp was accused of allowing the prisoners to be deliberately abused and neglected.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 101) and index.
Table of contents: title: Drama in the courtroom; title: American prisoners of war; title: Conditions at Andersonville; title: Wirz is brought to trial; title: The government makes its case; title: Wirz's defense; title: Henry Wirz's last days; title: The legacy of Andersonville.