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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Newspaper Correspondents at Execution of Captain Henry Wirz
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Newspaper Correspondents at Execution of Captain Henry Wirz

Artist Alexander Gardner (American (born Scotland), 1821 - 1882)
DateNovember 10, 1865
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.261
Terms
  • U.S. Civil War
  • Men
  • Military affairs
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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A photograph of several men in front of a stairway leading up to a second story doorway. At the top of the stairs stands a man with a crutch under his right arm while his left hand rests on the railing. The men below are wearing tall hats and holding pads of paper. The text under the photo reads "Newspaper Correspondents at the execution of Captain Wirtz." This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

Label TextAlexander Gardner American, 1821−1882 Newspaper Correspondents at Execution of Captain Henry Wirz, 1865 Albumen print (photograph) This group photograph shows the reporters who witnessed the public execution of Capt. Henry Wirz (1823−1865), the commander of the Confederate prison camp near Andersonville, Ga. Wirz was convicted of committing atrocities against Union prisoners and hanged on November 10, 1865, in Washington, D.C. The teams of professional journalists who attended this and other major Civil War events often included illustrators and photographers like Alexander Gardner. Gift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange 98.32.261
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