(7-01) Wirz Monument, Andersonville, Georgia

IN MEMORY
CAPTAIN HENRY WIRZ
C.S.A

BORN ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, 1822
SENTENCED TO DEATH
AND EXECUTED AT WASHINGTON, D.C.
NOV. 10, 1865

TO RESCUE HIS NAME FROM THE STIGMA
ATTACHED TO IT BY EMBITTERED PREJUDICE
THIS SHAFT IS ERECTED BY
THE GEORGIA DIVISION
UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY