Gravesite of Henry Wirz (Washington, D.C.)
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Commander of Camp Sumter, the Confederate prisoner of war camp in Andersonville, Georgia.
Nearly 14,000 Union prisoners died during his relatively brief tenure. (April 1864-May 1865)
He was tried as a war criminal and hanged in Washington, DC, on November 10, 1865.
Headstone and "Southern Cross of Honor" erected by The Sons of Confederate Veterans,
Jefferson Davis Camp No. 305, Maryland
Nearly 14,000 Union prisoners died during his relatively brief tenure. (April 1864-May 1865)
He was tried as a war criminal and hanged in Washington, DC, on November 10, 1865.
Headstone and "Southern Cross of Honor" erected by The Sons of Confederate Veterans,
Jefferson Davis Camp No. 305, Maryland
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz
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Coordinates: 38°54'34"N 76°58'48"W
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