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There were probably many Confederate soldiers and spies who were executed. Some may have been executed without an official trial. There were Confederates executed by their own commanders for desertion and probably some executed for espionage. Four Southern sympathizers were executed after the war for participating in the plan to assassinated President Lincoln.
Who was the Confederate who was executed for war crimes?Captain Henry Wirz. the commander of the notorious Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Henry Wirz's trial was the first war-crimes trial in U.S. history and the only trial for war crimes of a Confederate after the Civil War.Crimes Charged: 13 counts of murder, assault, battery, torture and other offenses against Union prisoners.
Dates of Trial: August 23-October 18, 1865
Sentence: Death by hanging
Link: http://law.jrank.org/pages/2591/Henry-Wirz-Trial-1865.html
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∙ 9y agoThe only person to be executed after the Civil War was Henry Wirz. He convicted for war crimes committed during the Civil War.Ê
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