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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Winkler, Albert |
| Title, Analytic | Henry Wirz and Andersonville: The Career of the Most Controversial Swiss American |
| Journal Title | Swiss American Historical Society Review |
| Date of Publication | June. 2011 |
| Volume ID | 47 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 1-16, ill. |
| ISSN | 0883-4814 |
| Abstract | Examines the career of Henry Wirz, born Heinrich Hartmann Wirz in Switzerland, who was commander of the Andersonville prison where nearly 13,000 Union prisoners died during the American Civil War. Concludes that while Wirz was "a flawed man," he was "unfairly singled out for punishment" for the high death rates in the Confederate prison. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Swiss Americans/ Civil War, 1861-1865/ United States -- History/ Wirz, Henry, 1823-1865 |