Captain Henry Wirz And Andersonville Prison PDF Download

Excerpt from Facts and Figures Vs. Myths and Misrepresentations: Henry Wirz and the Andersonville Prison He was quite young when he began to practice medicine, and 'married early. Two children, Paul and 'louisa Emily, were left when his wife died. So heart-broken was he over his wife's death that he decided to leave his children with their grand parents and try his fortune in America. He went to Kentucky and began to practice medicine at Cadiz. In 1854 he married a widow, Mrs. Wolfe, with two children, Susie and Cornelia. He made an affectionate husband and a loving stepfather. There was only one child from this marriage, Cora, who after wards became Mrs. J. S. Perrin, of Natchez, Miss. She was ten years old when her father was executed, and she distinctly re members how her mother pleaded with the Federal authorities for her father's body in order to give to it Christian burial and how this request was cruelly denied. Mrs. Perrin is now (1921) living in Natchez, Miss. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.