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Henry Wirz

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trial for war crimes

In Andersonville
Henry Wirz, commander of the prison, was tried and convicted of war crimes by a military commission. Wirz rejected an offer of parole in exchange for his incrimination of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, and he was hanged on November 10, 1865. He is the only…
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