Henry Wirz

Henry Wirz, born Hartmann Heinrich Wirz (25 November 1823 - 10 November 1865) was a Swiss-American officer who joined the  Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. He was executed in 1865 after he was accused of overseeing 13,000 Union detainees die from illness.

 Birth 
Henry Wirz was born on 25 November 1823 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Category:1823 births
Category:1865 deaths
Category:Military personnel of the American Civil War
Category:Executed people