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Washington, D.C. Reading the death warrant to Wirz on the scaffold
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Washington, D.C. Reading the death warrant to Wirz on the scaffold

Gardner, Alexander · 1865 · photo, print, drawing

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civil warhangingsdetention facilitiesunited statesprisonshistorywet collodion negativeswirz, henry
Credit lineWashington, D.C. Reading the death warrant to Wirz on the scaffold. 1865. Gardner, Alexander. Civil War Glass Negatives, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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