wirz in A Sentence

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    Wirz moved to Louisiana from Switzerland in 1849 and became a physician.

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    Unfortunately, the Union rejected the appeal and Wirz' attempt to reduce the population of his prison camp failed.

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    Wirz responded:“Mr. Schade, you know that I have always told you that I do not know anything about Jefferson Davis.

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    The commander of the camp, Captain Henry Wirz, was the only Confederate to be tried and executed for war crimes after the war.

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    Of the 160 witnesses who gave their testimonies in Wirz' trial, many came from former prisoners describing the abhorrent conditions in the camp.

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    The Commandant of Andersonville prison camp, Captain Henry Wirz, was the only Confederate soldier charged with and tried for war crimes during the Civil War.

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    Wirz told his attorney when learning of this offer,“Mr. Schade, you know that I have always told you that I do not know anything about Jefferson Davis.

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    When the war ended, Capt. Henry Wirz, the stockade commander, was arrested and charged with conspiring with high Confederate officials to"impair and injure the health and destroy the lives.

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    Wirz was acting as a prison guard in Richmond, Virginia after the first Battle of Bull Run when Inspector General John Winder promoted him to working with prisoners of war.

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    Perhaps the most notable witness in Wirz' defense was Robert E. Lee, who noted that, in his opinion, Wirz had done the best he could with the extremely scant resources he was given.

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    They also stated that Wirz had been eager for their help in the camp and in their opinion was simply a man who was given far too few resources to manage his charges.

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    After the war, Captain Henry Wirz was charged with conspiring with other Confederate officers to“impair and injure the health and destroy the lives … of Federal prisoners” and“murder in violation of the laws of war.”.

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    Some blamed Wirz for this, even noting that he personally treated prisoners violently and occasionally withheld food for no good reason, but other survivors stated that Wirz simply hadn't been given the resources to adequately provide for the prisoners.

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    When the War ended, Captain Henry Wirz, the prison's commandant, was arrested and charged with conspiring with high Confederate officials to“impair and injure the health and destroy the lives… of Federal prisoners” and“murder in violation of the laws of war.”.

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    In fact, Wirz attorney would later note that the night before his execution, Wirz was(supposedly) offered a deal- if he would implicate Confederate President Jefferson Davis as the responsible party for the war crimes committed at the camp, Wirz would be pardoned.

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    While it's true that the prisoners under Wirz command were ill-treated to the extreme, it isn't clear whether any of this was Wirz' fault or if he could have done anything to improve the situation, and today many historians consider him more of a scapegoat than anything.

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    Beyond evidence Wirz produced at his trial showing he pleaded with his superiors on several occasions for more supplies to improve the conditions in his camp, in July of 1864, Wirz conscripted five of his prisoners and sent them North to appeal to the Union to reinstate the prisoner exchanges, telling them to describe to the Union officials the appalling conditions in Andersonville.

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