Henry Wirz
(1823-1865)
Swiss-born American military officer
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Heinrich Hartmann Wirz, better known as Henry Wirz (November 25, 1823 – November 10, 1865), was a Swiss-American officer of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Wirz was the commandant of the stockade of Camp Sumter, a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp near Andersonville, Georgia, where inhumane conditions led to a high mortality rate of Union detainees. After the war, Wirz was tried and executed for conspiracy and murder relating to his command of the camp.
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25 November 1823 Zurich, Switzerland
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10 November 1865 (aged 41) Washington, D.C., United States
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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