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Hanged after being found guilty of murder and conspiracy at America's first-ever war crimes trial. Wirz had been commandant of the Andersonville prison-camp in Georgia, notorious for starvation and disease, which housed 45,000 Union prisoners in the last year of the war.
Feelings ran high at this trial, just after Lincoln's assassination, and the accusations of deliberate brutality are now known to have been exaggerated. In the face of these sensational claims, Wirz was barely heard when he quoted hard evidence that he had kept appealing to the Confederate government to improve the conditions.
Nevertheless most Northerners identified Wirz with the horrors of Andersonville, and not many were sorry to see him executed.
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Commander of the Andersonville Prison that was hung after the war?
Captain Henry Wirz
What was Henry Wirz position during the civil war?
He was the commandant of the Andersonville prisoner of war camp and the first person to be tried for war crimes after the Civil War.
Who was the commandant of Andersonville?
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.
Who was the only person to be executed after the Civil War?
There were probably many Confederate soldiers and spies who were executed. Some may have been executed without an official trial. There were Confederates executed by their own commanders for desertion and probably some executed for espionage. Four Southern sympathizers were executed after the war for participating in the plan to assassinated President Lincoln.Who was the Confederate who was executed for war crimes?Captain Henry Wirz. the commander of the notorious Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Henry Wirz's trial was the first war-crimes trial in U.S. history and the only trial for war crimes of a Confederate after the Civil War. Crimes Charged: 13 counts of murder, assault, battery, torture and other offenses against Union prisoners.Dates of Trial: August 23-October 18, 1865Sentence: Death by hangingLink: http://law.jrank.org/pages/2591/Henry-Wirz-Trial-1865.html
Who was the commander of the andersonville confederate war camp?
Wirz - the only Confederate hanged for war-crimes.
