Monday, May 24, 2010

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While there were other Confederate prisons, such as Libby Prison and Salisbury Prison, Andersonville was by far the largest. It opened in February 1864 and did not close until April 1865, subsequent to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. The prison chief, Henry Wirz, was described as one of the cruelest men to have ever lived. As one soldier put it, “Captain Wirz very domineering and abusive, is afraid to come into camp any more. He