A monument to Captain Henry Wirz, commandant of the Andersonville prisoner of war camp during the Civil War, stands in a street intersection in the town. Wirz was convicted of war crimes related to the dismal conditions that claimed thousands of…
A Photograph of the Civil War Monument in Kennedy Park, Lewiston, taken shortly after it was erected. The photo is dated c. 1870. The image is in the public domain and is dated before January 1, 1927.