[stand watie]

CPT Henry Wurtz (he had changed the spelling of his name in the 1850s) was INNOCENT of the LIES told about him.

may i suggest you look up the article in Army Lawyer, written by the Judge Advocate General, a serving Major General of the US Army, in 1999?

in that article,the General states that CPT Wurtz:

1. was tried by a tribunal, which had NO authority to try a civilian,

2. KNOWINGLY refused to allow him to call witnesses in his defense,

3.ALLOWED the subornation of perjury to be admitted to evidence, which was KNOWN to be FALSE before the trial opened,

4.UNLAWFULLY convicted him &

5. sentenced him to hang.

it was NOT either a FAIR trial NOR did CPT Wurtz commit ANY of the crimes for which he was hanged! NONE of them.

free dixie,sw

[StoneWall Brigade]

I saw that on a Web Site very good read too

[Alouette]

i suggest you look up the article in Army Lawyer, written by the Judge Advocate General, a serving Major General of the US Army, in 1999?

How about providing a link? How about providing a name?

The article might hold a little water if it had been written in, say, 1899 by someone who actually served on the tribunal.

Any lawyer, military or civilian, can speculate about any conviction from 150 years ago and turn it upside down. That's why they're LAWYERS. Duh!