Henry Wirz Research Paper

The first shipment of prisoners to reach Andersonville came from Libby Prison in Virginia on February 24, 1864 (Hackmann 1). From that day on, 400 men showed up each day. At the end of June, 26,000 men were held captive, and by August, the total had risen to 33,000, making that the largest population of men held at one time. Originally meant to detain only 10,000 men, a solution needed to be found. (2 “Andersonville” 1) The Confederates made the decision to expand the stockade to twenty-six acres, but that did not help the declining conditions (Hackmann 1). Henry Devillez remembers arriving on June 18, 1864, and states, “. . . we [Naviaux, Devillez, and both Rogier brothers] beheld misery on all sides. Sickness and death by hundreds was the program every day.” Over time the creek banks gave way and resulted in the whole compound becoming a swamp infested with maggots and lice. The pests would

December 16, 2009, Chris Henry, a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, had an argument with Loleini Tonga his finacee at the time. She was in a pickup as they were arguing. She decided to drive away, as she was pulling out of the driveway Chris jumped in the bed of the truck. As she was driving down the road Chris fell from the bed of the truck. To this day the circumstances of Chris’s death, if he jumped from the truck or if it was just a tragic accident brought on by a brain disease, nobody knows. Chris Henry’s tragic story, just one example of a former athlete’s life ending due to tragic circumstances. A twelve year veteran of the Minnesota Vikings, Fred McNeill, went on to finish law school after his retirement from the NFL. He was

Throughout my high school career at Wahconah Regional High School, I have done, and continue to keep doing many activities in order to help my community. In addition I have made various accomplishments in many different areas. I should be inducted into the National Honor Society because of how my accomplishments and community activities prove how I fit into the four pillars, service, leadership, character and scholarship.

Henry was appointed Brigadier General of the Virginia State Militia following the war, he represented Virginia in the House of Representatives for four years beginning in 1815. He served as a member of the Virginia State Senate until 1823, a superior court judge until 1831, President of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals until 1841. He was a professor of law at the University of Virginia for four years. During his second year at that faculty, he was named the dean and he played a large role in the writing of the school's honor codes. In 1841, he declined an offer from President Andrew Jackson to join the U.S.

In Sumter County, where Andersonville is located, Camp Sumter was operated by Major Henry Wirz known as the superintendent of the prison from February 1864 to May 1865. On November 1863, Confederate authorities chose Andersonville as a prison site for the Union soldiers. Camp Sumter was one of the biggest prisons for the Union soldiers during the time of the Civil War. On February 1864, all the Union soldiers were placed at the camp without any shelter or supplies. When supply was finally provided, the supply still wasn't enough for the Union soldiers. The Union soldiers outweighed the supply even when they had enough the supply. More Union soldiers were continually coming to the prison. Many Union soldiers died due to the lack of wellness

In life a little mistake can have a big impact the rest of your life that is why it is important for parents to encourage their kids to make good decision to help them in the future. The Wes Moore's are two men with the same name with very similar but different lives. I think that the Wes Moore's had different lives because they were raised completely different One of the Wes Moore's had a father and a mother and both parents who were college graduates while the other Wes Moore never knew his dad and his mother was too busy to pay attention to him so we did whatever he wanted to do he did not have an example set for him not even his older brother was much help. For example, the author state that: "Wes sighed into the phone. He had heard it

He was promoted to colonel and in 1863 his troops helped stop Morgan's raiders at Buffington, Ohio. During the Battle of Winchester, Virginia, 1864, his unit's flags were the first to enter the town.

The camp was built by slave labor on 16 acres, later expanded to 26 acres, and was formally called “Camp Sumter” by the Confederacy. Andersonville was designed to imprison up to 10,000 “overflow” prisoners from elsewhere, but its inmate population climbed to 3 times that amount leave to about 33,000 prisoners by the end of the summer of 1864. Furthermore, its physical design was fatally flawed to begin with. In addition to the absence of any system for waste disposal within the camp, a creek flowing through the camp delivered upstream waste from the military camp where Andersonville guards were stationed. By the end of the war, 13,000 Andersonville prisoners (30 percent of the camp’s population) had died from a variety of diseases such as

When the United States of America joined World War 1 in 1917 the rst of the world had been at war for three years. The U.S. deployed an estimated 4,355,000 troops to around the world. Around 204,004 of them returned home injured. Henry Johnson was one of those soldiers.

\ Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States Andrew Newman Mr. Miraya 2A \ The time period revolving around the Civil War featured many key figures. There was an abundance of influential people, but of these many people, Jefferson Davis was one of the most important individuals. Jefferson Davis is a prominent figure in history. As the first, and only, president of the Confederate States, he had a large influence over the politics at the time, and the tactical strategies of the Civil War. While he wasn’t the best president, he was still filled with experience, which contributed to crucial decisions he made.

Grant began his career by being put in charge of moving supplies in the Mexican-American War. He first served under General Zachary Taylor and later served General Winfield Scott, like Lee. However, unlike Lee, Grant personally opposed the war because of its causes. He believed that the war was to gain more territory so that slavery could spread. After the Mexican-American War, Grant invested in many businesses, trying to make more money to bring his family closer to his, but failed and soon fell into alcoholism. In 1853 Grant was promoted to captain and was sent to Fort Humboldt in California. Soon after Grant resigned because of allegations after his drinking problem caught on. After the Civil War started, Grant decided he needed to get back into the action, and was put into command of the twenty-first regiment. When the Union took Fort Henry and Fort Donelson Grant was set as the major general of volunteers. After many battles, mostly won by the Union, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox,

In the first battle Henry fights along with all the soldiers because the captain told the regiment to hold the line as the enemy tried to push them off the land. He fought with his regiment and had won the battle.

John Henry born in his family home in 1870’s grew ever so fast, strong, and

Shortly before the Battle of Brandywine and Germantown, he was promoted to Captain for his heroism. Through the next battles he continued to excel in his

During the Civil War James became part of the Union army as a lieutenant colonel without military experience. He was apart of the Battle of Shiloh, the Siege of Corinth, and the Battle of Chickamauga. James