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Trial of Henry Wirz, In the foregoing pages' you will find the name of Capt. Henry Wirz mentioned in several instances as being cruel and inhuman to the Union prisoners. He was tried and convicted of murder, the trial commencing August 23, 1865 and ending October 26, 1865, hundreds of witnesses testified that he committed murder on eleven soldiers who were confined in Andersonville, Ga., prison. He was sentenced to death and the sentence was executed at Washington, D. C. between the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock, Friday morning, November 10, 1865. His body was interred in the Arsenal grounds. (The above was taken from the official report of the trial of Henry Wirz ) (THE END.)

2d. No change in food today. Men busy over the fire making cakes, mush, coffee and a variety of things, all out of corn meal. We can beat the cooks at home. Our recipes are varied and numerous.

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