Trivia 11-6-18 War Crimes

[Trivia Master]

Other than the Lincoln conspirators, how many persons were executed for war crimes after the end on the Civil War? And What Are their Names?

credit: @TerryB

Edit - As my Jewish friends would say, oy vay!

I just got done scoring a question and taking the position that the end of the Civil War didn't come until Andrew Johnson said it did, which was August 20, 1866.

And now I see this question, the answer to which also depends on what date should be considered to mark the end of the Civil War.

Johnson actually banned military tribunals in April 1866, about four months before he declared that the Civil War was over, so if we go with August 20, 1866 as the end of the Civil War, I'm afraid the answer to this question would be that no one was executed for war crimes after the end of the Civil War.

I haven't seen the official answer, but I have a feeling that the author didn't intend that "no one" should be correct. So I would advise players to answer this question assuming that the Civil War ended when Stand Watie surrendered in June 1865.

hoosier

 

[hughes]

One
Henry Wirz

 

[GS]

Two men were executed for war crimes after the War: Henry Wirz and Champ Ferguson

 

[BlueNGrey]

Two

Champ Ferguson was hanged on October 20, 1865
Henry Wirz was hanged on November 10, 1865


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_Ferguson
www.nps.gov/ande/learn/historyculture/wirztribunal.htm

 

[Brenal]

Henry Wirz,
Champ Ferguson
Robert Kennedy was executed March 25th 1865, before the war ended.
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org...xecuted-war-crimes-committed-during-civil-war

 

[Jimklag]

Three men were executed for crimes committed during the Civil War - Henry Wirz, commandant of Andersonville; Champ Ferguson, rebel guerilla; and Robert Kennedy, rebel officer and saboteur. Kennedy was executed a couple months before the end of the war, so Wirz and Ferguson were the two executed after the war. Source

 

[luinrina]

Other than the Lincoln conspirators, two men have been executed for war crimes after the end of the Civil War: Henry Wirz (on November 10, 1865) and Samuel "Champ" Ferguson (on October 20, 1865).

A third man, Robert Kennedy, has been executed for war crimes, too, though his execution was about two months before the end of the war (on March 25, 1865).

Source: https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org...xecuted-war-crimes-committed-during-civil-war and https://www.nps.gov/ande/learn/historyculture/wirztribunal.htm

 

[Schwallanscher]

just one - heinrich hartmann 'henry' wirz

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Two. Champ Ferguson and Henri Wirz

 

[captaindrew]

3, Henry Wirz comander of Andersonville, guerilla leader Champ Ferguson for killing 53 captured Union soldiers, and CS officer Robert Kennedy for planting explosives in New York City.

Edit - Robert Kennedy was executed for war crimes, but his execution took place in March 1865, which was before the end of the Civil War.

hoosier

 

[SWMODave]

Other than the Lincoln conspirators, how many persons were executed for war crimes after the end on[of] the Civil War?
Two
And What Are their Names?
Henry Wirz - source
Champ Ferguson - source

 

[FarawayFriend]

Myth has it that only the former commander of Andersonville Prison, Henry Wirtz, was tried, convicted and executed after the Civil War. I guess that is the name we are expected to reply here.

But there is an article coming from the NPS that proves that this myth is wrong. There were more than 1000 trials for atrocities which had happened during the Civil War. Among those are even 38 Sioux who were executed for having taken part in a massacre of 500 white settlers during the Civil War. Trying to give all these name is futile.

"While the trial of Henry Wirz was by far the most famous of the military tribunals at the end of the Civil War, it was not the only one. In fact, there were nearly 1,000 military tribunals in which Confederates, both regulars and guerrillas, were charged with various violations of the laws of war – mostly related to the treatment of prisoners of war. Some of these trials even led to acquittals. For example, the camp commander at Salisbury Prison, Major John Gee, was arrested in the fall of 1865 and charged with similar crimes as Wirz. Unlike Wirz, Gee was unanimously acquitted in the spring of 1866. After the war, General Grant actually prevented the tribunal of another of Salisbury's commanders, Bradley T. Johnson, who faced charges of negligence at the prison and for burning Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in the summer of 1864. Even among those convicted, Wirz did not stand alone for the atrocities of Andersonville. James Duncan, who worked in the quartermaster's office at Andersonville, was arrested and convicted of manslaughter by a military tribunal for his role in intentionally withholding rations from prisoners. He was sentenced to hard labor at Fort Pulaski, where he escaped a year later."
https://www.nps.gov/ande/learn/historyculture/wirztribunal.htm

"Wirz, first of all, was not the only man executed for war crimes committed between 1861 and 1865. At the end of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, which raged from August to September 1862, more than 300 Sioux Indians were sentenced to death by a Union military tribunal for attacking and killing nearly 500 white settlers. U.S. president Abraham Lincoln eventually commuted most of the tribunal's sentences, but 38 Sioux were hanged in December 1862. This remains the largest mass execution in U.S. history. These men were all executed for crimes committed "during the Civil War."
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org...xecuted-war-crimes-committed-during-civil-war

 

[lelliott19]

Two were executed after the end of the Civil War specifically for "war crimes:" Henry Wirz (10 Nov 1865) and Champ Ferguson (20 Oct 1865.)

 

[sarladaise]

Two persons were executed:
Henry Wirz - Commandant of Andersonville prison
Samuel "Champ" Ferguson - Confederate guerrilla

 

[Stony]

2-Henry Wir and Champ Ferguson.
source-wiki

 

[WJC]

Other than the Lincoln conspirators, how many persons were executed for war crimes after the end on the Civil War? And What Are their Names?

credit: @TerryB

Two.
They were Hartmann Heinrich "Henry" Wirz , commandant of the prison at Andersonville, Georgia and guerilla fighter Champ Ferguson, executed for killing 53 prisoners of war.
(Some include Robert Kennedy, who plotted to blow up New York City landmarks and the 38 Dakota executed for attacks on settlements in modern-day Minnesota. These, however, were executions during the war.)

 

[DBF]

The question asks for persons executed for war crimes after the end of the Civil War. There were executions during the war, there were many trials, convictions after the war - some went to prison - but for now the only 2 I found were:

Champ Ferguson (October 20, 1865)
Henry Wirz (November 10, 1865)
https://www.nps.gov/ande/learn/historyculture/wirztribunal.htm

 

[Ole Miss]

1) Henry Wirz
2) Samuel "Champ" Ferguson
3) Robert Cobb Kennedy may not count as he was executed prior to the War ending on March 25, 1865
Regards
David

 

[Caesar's Ghost]

Three were executed, but Robert Cobb was executed before the end of the war.

Robert Cobb Kennedy 25 March 1865
Champ Ferguson October 20, 1865
Henry Wirz November 10, 1865

 

[MC44]

Henry Wirz
Champ Ferguson
Robert Kennedy

Edit - Robert Kennedy was executed for war crimes, but his execution took place in March 1865, which was before the end of the Civil War.

hoosier