Henry Wirz, Commander of Andersonville Confederate Prison: Trial and Execution
Author: last_name: United States Army Staff Judge Advocate
Language: English
Year: 1867

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz">Henry Wirz (November 25, 1823 – November 10, 1865)</a> was the only Confederate soldier tried after the end of the American Civi War. He was tried, convicted, and executed, not for being a Confederate soldier, but for conspiracy and murder relating to his command of Camp Sumter, the infamous Confederate prisoner-of-war prison at Andersonville, Georgia. Wirz encouraged and commanded barbaric and murderous policies and actions in the prison.  This