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Title
Captain Henry Wirz Monument, Andersonville, Georgia
Description
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 Union prisoners' lives in the camp and hanged. The obelisk is cracked and leaning to the side.
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car9@st-andrews.ac.uk
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenm_61/14229744617/in/photolist-nFrajr-RqCr4R-nFqaMV
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Steven Martin
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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 Union prisoners' lives in the camp and hanged. The obelisk is cracked and leaning to the side.