however, one wonders what would've happened to the ku klux klan if nathan bedford forrest had been hanged before he could organize the ku klux klan. one wonders if in fact a harsher peace might not have, in the end, brought about a more lasting and just peace. it is at least something to speculate. one of the models is the reconstruction of germany. after the second world war, the german people had no doubts what the cause was, at least for -- what the cost was, at least for their highest leaders, of war crimes. while wirz is a war criminal, he is a low-level war criminal. there were others. >> the picture that you showed to begin were taken of people after the camp had been liberated. how much was known by the northern public or the government about andersonville and what was happening before? >> i don't know. the histories are in dispute on this. there are not people being exchanged out of andersonville. while there are some people escaping and there are rumors going on -- but i don't know -- >> my second comment to that, you discussed the ladies and their vegetables. how much was known

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grandfather who was lionized for his bravery as a young man during the civil war serving and nathan bedfordest calgary losing an arm when he was 29. here he is writing 1905 to a man he served with. had all the soldiers in the confederate army fan like you would've had her independence but may be sure it is thought that we did not. after 40 years of peace, the south has prospered so much that we are worse as a whole. millions more than we had in 1861 and a curse, slavery you and i did not then understand but are now willing to acknowledge that it is no longer and we are united prosperous and happy people and we propose to go public full hearts and open arms in a few days the visit of the president of the united states and this too in face of the fact he gets 10 hours to a school and two to birmingham for metropolis of the south. weird how we have changed in how differently we look at things now for the way we looked at them 40 years ago. is it the hand of providence in fate or what the double is that? i think i will stop there. there's a lot of people who held the life for me along all these