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Wirz, Henry (1823?-1865) [Parole from Andersonville Prison issued for for W.T. West]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07271.02 Author/Creator: Wirz, Henry (1823?-1865) Place Written: Camp Sumter, Georgia Type: Printed document signed Date: 7 February 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 18 x 7.1 cm Order a Copy

Partially printed slip permits West "to go to drive hospital wood team and return to hospital." With "Military Prison" stamp on verso.

Captain Henry Wirz was the commandant of Andersonville Prison; he was tried and executed for war crimes in 1865.

Wirz, Henry, 1823-1865

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