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- GLC#
- GLC02514
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 5 March 1862
- Author/Creator
- Wirz, Henry, 1823-1865
- Title
- [Special order: Arrest warrant from a Confederate state military prison]
- Place Written
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Pagination
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Orders that John Thomas be brought to the prison "dead or alive." Signed by Wirz as Sergeant of Post, at the Confederate Military Prison at Tuscaloosa, before he was promoted to Commandant of Andersonville Prison, where he gained notoriety. Accompanied by a seller's undated manuscript note describing Wirz as "The Demon of Andersonville." One black and white bust engraving of Wirz included.
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