Henry Wirz
Sign in to saveAlso known as Heinrich Hartmann Wirz, Heinrich Wirz, Captain Henry Wirz
Swiss-born Confederate officer in the American Civil War
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1823?
- Died
- 1865,
- Works
- 7
Top works
- The trial and death of Henry Wirz
- The Andersonville prison trial
- Trial of Henry Wirz
- The demon of Andersonville
- Trial of Henry Wirz
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Zurich
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Educated at
- University of Zurich
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- Battle of Seven Pines
- Military branch
- Confederate States Army
- Military rank
- captain
- Image
- Henry Wirz 01 11.jpg
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- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Henry Wirz
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- date of birth
- 1823-11-25
- date of death
- 1865-11-10
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- name in native language
- Heinrich Hartmann Wirz
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Andersonville National Historic Site
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Zurich
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