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Guest: Michael Vorenberg. The government utilizes military tribunals to try Lincoln's assassins and Andersonville commandant Henry Wirz, arguing the war is ongoing. Prosecutors hope to pressure Wirz into implicating Jefferson Davis in prisoner atrocities
Season 8
Episode 472
Published 2 weeks, 2 days ago
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Guest: Michael Vorenberg. The government utilizes military tribunals to try Lincoln's assassins and Andersonvillecommandant Henry Wirz, arguing the war is ongoing. Prosecutors hope to pressure Wirz into implicating Jefferson Davis in prisoner atrocities to justify hanging the Confederate president, but Wirz refuses and is executed alone.
2018 GARWASHINGTON DC.
2018 GARWASHINGTON DC.