The Wirz Monument

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Dublin Core

Title

The Wirz Monument

Description

The Wirz Monument was dedicated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to commemorate Captain Heinrich Hartmann Wirz who served as the commander of the Andersonville Civil War Prison between 1864-65 and was hanged in Washington, DC in 1865 with a conviction of murder and conspiracy by a military tribunal.

Creator

The United Daughters of the Confederacy

Source

american

Language

English

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

92

Extent

732cm x cm x cm

Spatial Coverage

current,32.19482,-84.141541;

Rights Holder

Michael Rivera (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mjrmtg)

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

The Wirz Monument

Object

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Captain_Henry_Wirz_obelisk_%28cropped%29.JPG

Europeana Type

TEXT

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/The_Wirz_Monument