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What was the first name of Major Russell who was in charge of the hanging of Captain Henry Wirz of the Confederate Andersonville prison?
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His name was Major George B. Russell. Most look in Andersonville logs and such, but Major Russell was stationed out of Washington, and not a part of the Andersonville guards. I had to go though a ton of photos to find one that spelled his name out. Most just had "Major Russell read the death warrant...". One older picture that was of amber color had his whole name listed as well as Fathers Boyle and Wigget who are also in the picture.
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Major G. B. Russell was the Provost Marshall for the District of Columbia in November 1865, and so was responsible for overseeing Wirz' execution. In addition to Frs. Boyle and Wiggeett (or Wiget), also on the scaffold were Captain G. R. Walbridge, in command of the Old Capitol Prison where the execution took place, and Sylvester Ballou, a military detective assigned to act as executioner. There was also one unidentified Union soldier, and four guards from the Veteran Reserve Corps, assigned to the Old Capitol Prison. This scene is described in detail in the Annapolis Gazette of November 16, 1865.
There are four photos of the hanging, taken by Alexander Gardner, at the Library of Congress. The last two appear to be out of sequence, with the shot captioned "springing the trap" actually showing Wirz' body being taken down some 15 minutes later.
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