civilcontinue through our war medicine exhibit, we come across the story of captain henry wertz. wertz is known for his infamous role as the commander of the andersonville prison. .o.w. camp run by the confederate army and known for conditions, and thousands of union soldiers, and stories r release, the came out about the treatment at the erwent andersonville prison. ertz himself was accused of a number of these crimes and claimed that he could not have committed some of those crimes ecause of an injury to his right arm. well, wertz was tried, convicted, and his claims failed to convince the jury and he was crimes.d for his after his execution, an examination of his arm, which we jar right there, showed no loss of use of any part of his arm, disproving the claim he'd made during his trial. but also on display are the first and second cervical vertebra wertz' neck, during his execution. we have the artifact of wertz prior to his hanging so we offer see. here for the public to these two artifacts are right near a larger examination of the injuries and wounds during the civil war. m