Historic Site & Monuments
A monument for Henry Wirz was created for him by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and is located inside the Historic Site.
"In memory of Captain Henry Wirz, C.S.A. born Zurich, Switzerland, 1822, sentenced to death and executed at Washington D.C. November 10, 1865. To rescue his name from the stigma attached to it by embittered prejudice this shaft is erected by the Georgia division, United Daughters of the Confederacy." -Text on the East Side of the Wirz Monument |