other notorious facet of andersonville prison were the andersonville raiders. now, these were gangs of inmates, of union soldiers, who were armed with clubs and knives and various other kind of makeshift implements and they terrorized the other inmates in the camp. they robbed people. of their rations. of their personal property. and they were also reported to have beaten and killed inmates in the attempts to rob them. things get so bad with the raiders that a group of -- another group of inmates organized themselves into kind of police force. they called themselves the regulators. and ultimately end up capturing several dozen of the raiders. and they have an actual trial. they put six of the leaders on trial. and as you can see here, from this drawing, they end up with the permission of the camp superintendent, henry wirz, as well as some higher up, some of wirz's superiors in the confederate government, they get permission to hold this trial and they ultimately execute -- they hang six of these ringleaders of these raiders. and this becomes one of the most no

editorials -- another notorious facet of andersonville prison, the andersonville layers. these were gangs of inmates who were armed with clubs and knives and various other kinds of makeshift instruments instruments. and they terrorized the inmates in the camp. they robbed people of their personal property and they were reported to have beaten and killed inmates in the attempt to rob them. things get so bad that a group of prisoners organize themselves into a kind of police force and call themselves the regulators. up capturingnd several dozen of the raiders and they have an actual trial. they put six of the leaders on trial. as you can see from this drawing, they end up with the permission of the camp superintended, henry wirz, as well as some higher ups in the federal government, they get permission to hold this trial, and the ultimately execute, they ringleaders ofse these readers -- raiders. one of the most notorious moments in andersonville's history. give you an indication of the state of nature these men are .iving in in the camp only are they suffering from disease

another notorious facet of andersonville prison, the andersonville layers. these were gangs of inmates who were armed with clubs and knives and various instruments. the inmates in the camp. they rob people of their personal property and they were reported to have beaten and killed inmates in the attempt to rob them. things get so bad that a group prisoners organize themselves into a police force and capture several dozen of the raiders and have an actual trial. they put six liters on trial area as you can see -- on trial. up withan see, they end the permission of henry wirz, and some of his superiors, they get permission to hold this trial and they execute, they ringleaders ofse these writers -- raiders. one of the most notorious moments in andersonville's history. these men are living in within the camp must suffering from disease, malnutrition, mistreatment from the authorities, they are also at risk from each other. for people who would take it then edge to better their own .ituation it really was a horrible place. if you havehings done reading or heard a

emberton speaks about henriy wirz and andersonville prison. here is a preview. say,e: sometimes people andersonville was no worse than any other prisons. i take issue with that. i think from looking at this image, you can tell why. there was a significant difference in my mind between andconditions andersonville what you see at l myra. number one, there's a lot more built structures or barracks for the prisoners to stay in. i'll myra suffers from the same overcrowding which i will explain why that is in just a few minutes. there are far more prisoners in all myra then they can properly house. in the back they set up tents and a lot of the men do live in housingther than actual . to me it looks nothing like the andersonville,of which is not to say all myra was . great place to be no prisoner of war camp is a great place to be in any war. it wants to spend a winter in upstate new york sleeping in a -- who what's to spend a winter in upstate new york sleeping in a tent? watch on american history tv, only on c-span3. >> next, members of the national organization for

follow us on twitter history,ctures in professor carole emberton teaches a class about andersonville, the confederate civil war military prison were 13,000 soldiers died. in the trial of its commander, henry wirz, she discusses the prisoner exchange program at the end of the war and how it was used as a president of later were crime proceedings. her class is about an hour. prof. emberton: welcome everyone today. we are going to be talking about henry wirz, who was the commandant of andersonville prison camp, which you may have heard of. it is one of the most editorialists prisoner of war camps -- it is one of

all told, nearly 13,000 union in andersonville in its entire existence. that's a death rate of about 45% of the total population. it is extremely high. 9:00, director emeritus of the smithsonian national museum of american history talks about his book 50 great american places: a essential historic sites across the u.s." and his the sites. selecting and stephen breyer on the influence of foreign relations on american security and civil liberties. >> for many years, i think the general view of judges here as whenas judges abroad, for you first have security needs like a war or a real security problem, and you look at the document, the document says this power is primarily the .resident's it's congress', not the court. but what about civil liberties? sometimes there is a clash. so why is there so little? i think the answer is cicero. he was not one of the founders, but they did in fact know about cicero. >> sunday at 10:00, the 1960 democratic and republican national convention with the democratic party nominating massachusetts senator john f. kennedy and vi

of august anded between october 1864, i believe, in total nearly 13,000 union soldiers died at andersonvillere existence. that is a death rate of about 45%. of the total population. it was extremely high. >> at 9:00 a.m., the director of them smithsonian national museum of history talks about his book. essential historic sites and at 11,country u.s. supreme court justice stephen breyer on the influence of foreign relations on american national security and civil liberties. >> for many years come think the general view of judges here, as well as judges abroad, were when you first have security needs like a war or a real security problem and you look at the documents. this power isaid primarily the presidency. it's congress, it's not the court. what about civil liberties? they're the courts have something to say and sometimes there is a clash. why is there so little? the answer is cicero. he was not one of the founders. [laughter] but they did know about cicero. >> sunday at 10 on road to the white house rewind, the 1960 democratic and republican national conventions. the democratic party nomi

between august and october 1864, i believe, all in total nearly 13,000 union soldiers died in andersonville in its entire existence. that's a death rate of about 45% of the total population. it was extremely high. >> at 9:00, brent glass, director emeritus of the smithsonian museum talks about his book 50 great american places, historic sites across the u-and his process for selecting the various sites. at 11:00, u.s. supreme court justice stephen breyer on american natural security and civil liberals. >> for many, m

all in total, nearly 13,000 union soldiers died in andersonville in its entire existence. that's a death rate of about 45% of the total population. extremely high. >> and the detector amare advertise of the smithsonian museum talked about his book, historical sites across the u.s. and the process in selecting the various sites and at 11:00, u.s. supreme court justice steven breyer on civil liberties and national security. >> for many years, i think the general view of judges here as well as judges abroad, first when you have security needs like a war or a real security problem and you look at the the document says this power is the president's, congress, not the court. ah, what about the civil ribts? the courts do have something to say and sometimes there's a clash. so why is there so little? i think the answer is cicero. he was not one of the founders. but they did in fact know about cicero. >> and sunday at 10:00 on "road to the white house rewind" the 1960 democratic and republican national conventions with the democratic party nominating john f. kennedy and richard nix

all in total, nearly 13,000 union soldiers died in andersonville in its entire existence. that's a death rate of about 45% of the total population. it's extremely high. >> at 9:00, brent glass, director emeritus of the smithsonian national museum of american history, talks about his book "50 great american places: essential historic sites across the u.s." and his process in selecting the various sites. and at 11:00, u.s. supreme court justice stephen breyer on the influence of foreign relations on american national security and civil liberties. >> for many, many years, i think the general view of judges here as well as judges abroad were when you have, first you have security needs, like a war, or a real security problem. and you look at the document. the document says this power is primarily the president's. it's congress. it's not the court. ah, but what about the civil liberties? well, there the courts do have something to say. and sometimes there's a clash. and so, why is there so little? i think the answer is cicero. he was not one of the founders. but they did, in fa

all in total, nearly 13,000 union soldiers died in andersonville in its entire existence. that's a death rate of about 45% of the total population. extremely high. >> at 9:00, brent glass, director emeritus of the museum of natural history talks about his group, "50 great american places," and his process in selecting the various sites. and at 11:00, steven briere on the influence of foreign relations on american national security and civil liberties. >> for many, many years i think the general view of judges here, as well as judges abroad, when you have first, you have security needs, like a war, or a real security problem, and you look at the document, the document says this power is primarily the president's, it's congress, it's not the court. sometimes there's a clash, so why is the answer so little? he was not one of the founders, but he did, in fact, know about him. >> sunday at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind, the 1960 democratic and republican national conventions for the democratic party nominating john f. kennedy and vice president richard nixon accepting

history tv on c-span3, tonight at 8:00 eastern, a look at the confederate civil war prison at andersonville. the professor talks about the 13,000 soldiers who died and the postwar trial of its commander, henry worth. by 1860 4, 5000 men died between august and october 1864, i believe. 13,000 union soldiers died in andersonville. that's a death rate of about 45% of the total population. extremely high. 9:00, brent glass, director emeritus of the smithsonian museum of history, 50 historic sites," and u.s. supreme court justice stephen breyer on civil liberties. justice breyer: many, many years, i think the view of judges here as well as judges abroad were when you have security needs like a war or a real security problem and you look at the document, the document says this power is primarily be president's -- the president's. what about civil liberties? sometimes there is a clash. i believe in cicero. he was not one of the founders. [laughter] justice breyer: but they did know about this a row. >> on road to the white house rewind, the democratic party kennedy, and president nixon receiving t

thousands of prisoners were suffering and dieing in hell holes like andersonville. the war had taken an ugly turn. both sides, united states and confederate states, you were struggling for their very existence. it was life or death. actions that would have been considered atrocities at the beginning of the war were becoming commonplace on both sides, and sherman thought it was hypocritical for confederates who, quote, had plunged the nation into war, he said, to appeal to god and humanity when the tide turned against them, especially given their own brutal actions and harsh policies. no one could attack the united states, especially from within, he reasoned, and not expect to suffer the consequences. sherman also believed there was a broader goal to achieve by widening the destruction to include none combatants. the long term security of the united states demanded the war become as brutal and painful as possible, he said. in this way the enemies of the united states would never again attempt to break up the country or resort to war in order to achieve their politica

we're all an familiar with the suffering of union prison ares at andersonville. there were also large numbers of confederate prisoner who's died in union hands at camp delaware and camp douglas. the allied prisoners that fell into the hands of the japanese during world war ii where had you well over 30,000 u.s., british, and australian prisoners die in their hands. we shouldn't be surprised then we when we look at prinners of war during the revolution they also would have had a tough lot. it was a very problematic issue for the british at the outset of the war because their natural inclination would have been fop execute prisoners of war, am i not advancing my slide here. anyway, their natural -- if you wouldn't mind. in case, natural inclination of the british would have been to execute prisoners of war. and this wasn't was not a practical solution from their standpoint, however, because any british soldiers that fell into american hands could be also suffer execution. so the only the alternative was not to necessarily do that to american prisoners. the other pr

all in total nearly 13,000 union soldiers died in andersonville in its entire existence.that's a death rate of about 45% of the total population. it was extremely high. >> at 9:00, brent glass, director emeritus of the smithsonian museum of natural history talks about his book and his process in selecting the various sites. at 11:00, u.s. supreme court justice steven bryer on the influence -- >> first you have security needs, like a war, or a real security problem. and you look at the document. the document says this power is primarily the president's. it's congress. it's not the court. but what about the civil liberties? there the courts do have something to say and sometimes there's a clash. so why is there so little? i think the answer is cissero. he was not one of the founders. >> and sunday at 10:00 on "road to the white house rewind," the 1960 democratic and republican national conventions, for the democratic party nominating john f kennedy and richard nixon accepting the republican nomination. >> millions of democrats will join us not because they are deserting the

total, nearly 13,000 union soldiers died in andersonville in its entire existence. about 45 death rate of percent. >> at 9:00, brent glass talks about his book. at 11:00, stephen breyer on the influence of foreign relations. >> this power is primarily the presidents. congress, not the court but what about the civil liberties? sometimes, there is a clash. why is there so little? cicero was not one of the founders but they did know. 10:00, the 1960 democratic and republican national conventions with the democratic party nominating john f. kennedy and vice president richard nixon accepting the republican nomination. in 1952 and 1956, millions of democrats will join us not because they are deserting their party but because their party deserted them at los angeles two weeks ago. >> all over the world, particularly in the new were nation, young men are coming to power not bound by the traditions of the past, men not blinded by the old fears and hate and rivalry, young men who can cast off the old slogans and delusions. the republican nominee of course is a young man, but

c-span.org/history. , carolures and history abouton teaches andersonville prison and the postwar trial of its commander henry wirz. the class is about an hour. welcome everyone today. ,e will talk about henry wirz