Major Henry Wirz (1822 – November 10, 1865) was the only Confederate States of America soldier executed in the aftermath of the American Civil War for war crimes. After Union general Ulysses S. Grant suspended prisoner exchanges with the Confederacy, the number of prisoners held by both sides swelled. Andersonville prison was built by the Confederacy to house Union prisoners. The Switzerland-born immigrant commanded that Prisoner of war prison in Andersonville, Georgia. Atrocious conditions in this prison resulted in the deaths of over 13,000 Union prisoners. ===External Links=== http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USACWwirz.htm http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/andersonville/4.html?sect=13 http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Wirz/Wirz.htm
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Major Henry Wirz (1822 – November 10, 1865) was the only Confederate States of America soldier executed in the aftermath of the American Civil War for war crimes. After Union general Ulysses S. Grant suspended prisoner exchanges with the Confederacy, the number of prisoners held by both sides swelled. Andersonville prison was built by the Confederacy to house Union prisoners. The Switzerland-born immigrant commanded that Prisoner of war prison in Andersonville, Georgia. Atrocious conditions in this prison resulted in the deaths of over 13,000 Union prisoners. ===External Links=== http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USACWwirz.htm http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/andersonville/4.html?sect=13 http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Wirz/Wirz.htm
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