“I have never denied that the prisoners were mistreated; but it was not my fault. If I am the last one that is to suffer death for the Southern Confederacy I am satisfied’’. Henry Wirz, in a comment to a journalist shortly before his execution. Well, certainly Wirz and his guards did better than the inmates.
>>jmacusa wrote: “I have never denied that the prisoners were mistreated; but it was not my fault. If I am the last one that is to suffer death for the Southern Confederacy I am satisfied’’. Henry Wirz, in a comment to a journalist shortly before his execution.”
Do you have a reference?
Mr. Kalamata