Wirz, Elizabeth (b. 1826) [Affidavit concerning the lies of General L.C. Baker in regard to the case of Henry Wirz]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03887 Author/Creator: Wirz, Elizabeth (b. 1826) Place Written: Trigg County, Kentucky Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 24 November 1865 Pagination: 3 p. ; 30.5 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy
Wirz, the wife of the recently executed Captain Henry Wirz, denies Baker's allegation that she attempted to deliver a poison to her husband during one of her visits to him before he was convicted of war crimes at Andersonville Prison during the Civil War. Contends that Baker was angered by her claim that government officials committed perjury during her husband's trial and forbade additional meetings with her husband. Without money to support herself, she returned to Kentucky "Committing her husband to the care of his Maker, and submitting his fate to the honor and Justice of a shoulder strap Court, and the veracity [underlined] of corrupt, bribed and perjured witnesses." Sworn before the court in Twiggs County, Kentucky and certified on p. 3 by C. C. Hooks, the court clerk.
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