He was hanged for war-crimes as commandant of the horrendous Andersonville prison camp in Georgia.
It was only execution of a Confederate for war crimes. Some say that it was a case of mob-revenge in the heightened atmosphere following Lincoln's assassination.
Henry Burney died in 1845.
Henry Hogbin died in 1966.
Henry Mayes died in 1928.
Henry Monnier died in 1877.
Henry Chesterton died in 1883.
Henry Wirz died on 1865-11-10.
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Confederate Major Heinrich Hartmann Wirz (known as Henry Wirz).
Major Henry Wirz
Johann Jakob Wirz died in 1858.
George Otto Wirz died in 2010.
Captain Henry Wirz
Henry Wirz
The Andersonville Commandant was Captain Henry Wirz. Wirz was the only Confederate Officer executed by the Victorious Union but question as to whether they were right to execute him continue to this day.
There is no information on Henry Wirz having any descendants, as he never married nor had any children. Wirz was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War who was executed for war crimes for his role in the operation of the Andersonville Prison camp.
Mario Wirz died on May 30, 2013, in Berlin, Germany of cancer.
Captain Henry Wirz