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Excerpt from The Tragedy of Andersonville: Trial of Captain Henry Wirz, the Prison KeeperWe deem it just and right that the world should know the truth disclosed at this important trial, for the evidence, as we understand the findings of the court, not only justified the verdict against Wirz, but implicated and held responsible some of the Confederate officers high in authority, in the execution of a policy which made a charnel house of the An...

Excerpt from Washington National Monument: Shall the Unfinished Obelisk Stand a Monument of National Disgrace and National Dishonor? Speeches in the House of Representatives, June 4, 1874Mr. Speaker: Seventy-four years ago, on the 23d of last December, the Congress of the United States, in response to a universal fe'el ing throughout the nation, resolved to erect a marble monument at the capital, so designed as to commemorate the great events ...

During the Civil War, over 13, 000 Union soldiers died at Andersonville Prison. After the war, the prison keeper, Captain Henry Wirz, was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Later, the Georgia Division of the "United Daughters of the Confederacy" challenged the facts as they were recorded in the trial of Wirz, proclaiming him a martyr and erecting a monument in his honor.These events precipitated a written request from the National Associ...

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Excerpt from The Tragedy of Andersonville: Trial of Captain Henry Wirz, the Prison Keeper We deem it just and right that the world should know the truth disclosed at this important trial, for the evidence, as we understand the findings of the court, not only justified the verdict against Wirz, but implicated and held responsible some of the Confederate officers high in authority, in the execution of a policy which made a charnel house of the ...

Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln Address of Hon. N. P. Chipman, Presiding Justice of the District Court of Appeal, At a Banquet given by the Cherry Tree Club of Sacramento, California February 22, 1906 Mr. President and Gentlemen: - As I am informed, the Cherry Tree Club meets once each year to commemorate the birthday of the Father of his Country. Your club is composed almost entirely of young in en, most of whom were born since the close of th...

Excerpt from The District of Columbia Under New Form of Government: The Administration Vindicated Preliminarily it is important to know some thing of the condition of our schools, the num ber of children attending, the number unable to I will give such facts as would seem pertinent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction ...

Excerpt from The Horrors of Andersonville Rebel Prison There are many reasons why the atrocities of Andersonville Prison should never be forgotten. And yet I would not have revived them had Mr. Davis kept silent, and had he not defiantly challenged the verity of the proofs upon which popular opinion was founded at the close of the war. Since then nearly thirty millions have been added to our population. Many of these persons have passed into...

Excerpt from Washington National Monument: Shall the Unfinished Obelisk Stand a Monument of National Disgrace and National Dishonor? Speeches in the House of Representatives, June 4, 1874 Mr. Speaker: Seventy-four years ago, on the 23d of last December, the Congress of the United States, in response to a universal fe'el ing throughout the nation, resolved to erect a marble monument at the capital, so designed as to commemorate the great event...

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