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Interpretive essay by Annemarie Mott-Ewing of the Wirz Monument, Feb 2023

Image from Trial of Henry Wirz, 1868 - copy held by Cornell University Library, no known copyright restrictions on use.

30 December 2014, 13:57:20

Inscription, Captain Henry Wirz Monument, Andersonville

This obelisk is a monument to Capt Heinrich or Henry Wirz, - Image from Flickr

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.

Uploaded Oct 11 2022
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