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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07271.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of sixteen documents from an archive of the Quartermaster of Andersonville Prison |
| Title | Henry Wirz to Richard B. Winder about prosecutions for Andersonville POW Camp |
| Date | ca. July 1865 |
| Author | Wirz, Henry (1823-1865) |
| Recipient | Winder, Richard B. |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Miscellany ; Correspondence; Miscellany |
| Content Description | Wirz seeks information to implicate "the authorities at Richmond" on conditions at Andersonville, suggesting that he is being prosecuted so that "the big men, such as Cooper Seddon, Jeff Davis" can be prosecuted. Indicates that providing such information "I think it will save me, at any rate you." Passed to Winder's nearby prison cell, with Winder's unsigned autograph reply in pencil: "I knew of nothing except the reports from the prison, the reports of inspecting officers & newspaper statements." Written on scrap of lined paper. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Union Forces Prisoner of War Prison Camp Confederate General or Leader Judiciary Military Law Atrocity |
| People | Wirz, Henry (1823-1865) Winder, Richard Bayly (1828-1894) Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Law; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Captain Henry Wirz was the commandant of Andersonville Prison; he was tried and executed for war crimes in 1865. Major Richard Bayly Winder served as Quartermaster throughout the Civil War. He was a cousin of Gen. John H. Winder and was implicated in the mistreatment of prisoners at Andersonville Prison. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |