Plus being on the losing side. Plus commanding the POW camp with the highest death rate during the rebellion.
Mistreatment of POWs was deliberate on both sides. People on both sides should have paid a price for it.
Agree!
Passions from the war were not going to cool down instantly!
Commandants at Camp Douglas should have paid the same price.
Add in Lincoln’s assassination the passions were only going to be sated by thing like hanging Wirz.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Douglas_(Chicago)