Monument to Confederate Officer Wirz (Andersonville, Georgia)
USA /
Georgia /
Andersonville /
Andersonville, Georgia
World
/ USA
/ Georgia
/ Andersonville
monument, obelisk, confederate, American Civil War 1861-1865
www.roadsideamerica.com/story/24914
Henry A. Wirz was the officer in charge of the Confederate prison at Andersonville. Nearly 14,000 Union prisoners died during his relatively brief tenure, so he was tried as a war criminal and hanged in Washington, DC, on November 10, 1865.
In 1908 the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected a monument honoring Wirz in the center of Andersonville
Henry A. Wirz was the officer in charge of the Confederate prison at Andersonville. Nearly 14,000 Union prisoners died during his relatively brief tenure, so he was tried as a war criminal and hanged in Washington, DC, on November 10, 1865.
In 1908 the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected a monument honoring Wirz in the center of Andersonville
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 32°11'40"N 84°8'24"W
- Griswoldville Battlefield 98 km
- A. H. Stephens State Historic Park 192 km
- Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park 205 km
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park 324 km
- Secessionville Battlefield Site 396 km
- Maiden Spring 585 km
- Fort Donelson National Battlefield 589 km
- Back Creek Farm 636 km
- Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park 747 km
- Appomattox Court House National Historical Park 756 km
- Jimmy Carter Regional Airport 10 km
- Sumter County, Georgia 16 km
- Georgia Southwestern State University 17 km
- Griffin Bell Golf and Conference Center 18 km
- Wolf Creek Golf Course 19 km
- Schley County, Georgia 19 km
- Macon County, Georgia 19 km
- Brickyard Plantation Golf Club & RV Resort 21 km
- Dooly County, Georgia 31 km
- Terrell County, Georgia 53 km