Henry Wirz and Andersonville Prison

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Henry Wirz and Andersonville Prison

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Jul 24, 2016

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State University of New York at Buffalo professor Carole Emberton teaches a class about Andersonville Prison, the Confederate Civil War military prison where 13,000 Union soldiers died, and the trial of its commander, Henry Wirz.
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