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Tag Archives: Henry Wirz
Andersonville on YouTube
On a rather blustery November day, Sheritta Bitikofer took a trip to Andersonville National Historic Site in Georgia for their annual Civil War Day. There, she shot a few videos and interviewed some of the staff and volunteer interpreters about … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Memory, On Location, YouTube
Tagged Andersonville, Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville National Historic Site, Confederate Prisoner Camp, Father Peter Whelan, Henry Wirz, John Henry Winder, prisoner of war, Prisoner of War experience, Women at Andersonville
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Echoes of Reconstruction: Stories of Atrocities at Civil War Prison Camps Increased Post-War Antagonisms
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Civil War prisoner of war camps occupied a big part of the consciousness of the warriors and civilians on both sides during the final two years of the … Continue reading
Posted in Reconstruction
Tagged Andersonville, Andersonville of the north, Benjamin G. Cloyd, Civil War prisons, Elmira Prison, Hellmira, Henry Wirz, Jim Crow, Patrick Young, POW camps. Libby Prison, prisoner exchange, prisons, Reconstruction Blog, UDC, United Daughters of the Confederacy
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Andersonville Offers Wonderful Writing Amidst Horrific Suffering
Every so often as we read, we writers run into a sentence that is so spot-on perfect that we say, “Damn, I wish I’d written that.” Such writer-envy is not uncommon, and at its heart, it springs from a deep … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War in Pop Culture
Tagged Andersonville, Henry Wirz, John H. Winder, MacKinlay Kantor, novels, pop culture, Pulitzer Prize, writing
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Henry Wirz’s Story: Spin Set In Stone
To believe the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Henry Wirz got the shaft. And so they gave him the shaft, too. Dedicated on May 12, 1909, a monument to the former commandant of South’s most notorious Civil War prison stands … Continue reading
“He Will Judge Between You and Me”: The 150th Anniversary of the Execution of Henry Wirz
Forty-one year old Henry Wirz, late major of the Confederate army and commandant of the Camp Sumter prisoner of war camp, sat in his own prison cell and petted a cat.[1] There was little else for the man to … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Photography, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 150th, Andersonville, Andrew Johnson, camp Sumter, Henry Wirz, John Winder, Joseph Holt, Lew Wallace, Old Capitol Prision, Supreme Court of the United States
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They Intended To Kill All Of Them – Battle and Death in Southwest Virginia
150 years ago today, 5,000 Union soldiers marched toward Saltville, Virginia, aiming to destroy the key saltworks at that town. Under the command of Major General Stephen Burbridge, the forces were made up mostly of Kentucky Mounted Infantry, plus a … Continue reading
Fateful Lightning: Was Sherman’s March To the Sea a War Crime? Part II
On November 15 1864, Sherman began marching south, dividing his army into two wings. On November 22, a large (4,500) group of Confederate soldiers under General Pleasant J. Phillips met part (1,500) of the right wing of Sherman’s troops, commanded … Continue reading
