Captain Henry Wirz: Guilty Of War Crimes

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Members of the jury Captain Henry Wirz is guilty of war crimes. I think Wirz was guilty because he had some medical experience according to CNN. com he received some occupational training. He used cruel punishments and did not supply the prisoners with the proper items and supplies they needed.

Wirz had some medical experience so he should have been able to help the people that were sick in the camp but instead he did nothing. He was to worried about his ego to pay attention to what was happening around the camp. He would also punish the prisoners in cruel ways. He knew that putting them in stock was against the rules but he did it anyway. He should have found a different way to punish them. The prisoners in Andersonville were starving to

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