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Captain Wirz At The Andersonville Trial

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Captain Henry Wirz, was a Swiss citizen and Confederate officer during the American Civil War. After a European tour with the Confederate President, he returned to Georgia in 1864 and was appointed commandant the new military prison at Camp Sumter, which became formally known as Andersonville. Captain Wirz was obscenely harsh in with the prisoners of war and it had continued until prison was closed April 10, 1865. Shortly thereafter, he was arrested for the bloodhounds that killed over fifty escaped prisoners, and of killing thirteen men by his own hand. (Levitt) This scene is accurate to the historical atrocities that had taken place. prison was closed April 10, 1865. Shortly thereafter, he was arrested for the crime accused, sent to the Old Capitol Prison in Washington D.C. May 10, 1865, to await a trial. In “The Andersonville Trial,” Captain Wirz was tried in Washington D.C. for …show more content…

45,000 prisoners. From those 45,000 men, 12,920 died as a result of poor sanitation, diseases, overcrowding, and malnutrition; and were buried in the cemetery located just outside the prison walls (unknown, 28). Around the perimeter of the prison 90-foot walls and there were two entrances on the west side. Inside the camp, a short distance from the wall, was a “deadline,” which prisoners were forbidden to cross.If a prisoner were to cross the deadline, Captain Wirz had them shot. The “deadline” was intended to prevent prisoners from climbing over the wall or from tunneling underneath it to

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