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Henry Wirz’s Story: Spin Set In Stone

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

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 →

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