Hi List, I have always heard that Henry Wirz, Commandant of Andersonville was the only man hanged for war crimes after the Civil War. Recently I read that Champ Ferguson, a partisan leader, and Captain Robert Cobb Kennedy, a man involved in a plot to burn large sections of New York were also hanged after the war. Does anyone know of any others who received the death penalty for war crimes after the Civil War? James Horton, Esq.

These Crimes were not War Crimes as such. They were crimes against the State of New York and were dealt with under the Laws of New York, not Federal Law. Richard Callard -----Original Message----- From: Fyodor45@aol.com [mailto:Fyodor45@aol.com] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 9:38 PM To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] war crimes Hi List, I have always heard that Henry Wirz, Commandant of Andersonville was the only man hanged for war crimes after the Civil War. Recently I read that Champ Ferguson, a partisan leader, and Captain Robert Cobb Kennedy, a man involved in a plot to burn large sections of New York were also hanged after the war. Does anyone know of any others who received the death penalty for war crimes after the Civil War? James Horton, Esq. ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To search our list archives since 1996, go to http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter Civil-War in the list name --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Surfside Internet]