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Henry Wirz

1823 - 1865

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Captain Henry Wirz (born Hartmann Heinrich Wirz; November 25, 1823 – November 10, 1865) was a Confederate States Army officer and doctor who served in the American Civil War. Born in Zurich, Switzerland, Wirz immigrated to the United States in 1849 after being exiled from the canton of Zurich following a conviction of embezzlement and fraud. He worked in a Massachusetts factory for five years before moving south to Kentucky to begin a career in medicine; specializing in homeopathic medicine, Wirz divided his time between the two states. In 1854, he moved to Louisiana with his newly-married wife and her two daughters, working as an overseer on a slave plantation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Wirz is the 1,977th most popular military personnel (down from 1,898th in 2024), the 670th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 597th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swiss Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henry Wirz ranks 1,977 out of 2,058. Before him are Thomas C. Hart, Zebulon Pike, Viktor Sokolov, John Sedgwick, John C. Pemberton, and Gail Halvorsen. After him are Comandanta Ramona, Abbas Nilforoushan, Lewis Armistead, Aleksandr Moiseyev, Leonid Khabarov, and Stepan Poltorak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Henry Wirz ranks 78. Before him are William M. Tweed, Guillermo Tell Villegas, Manolache Costache Epureanu, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Sanford Robinson Gifford, and George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. After him are Francis Parkman, George Henry Williams, Edward Augustus Freeman, Coventry Patmore, William Hart, and Thomas Francis Meagher. Among people deceased in 1865, Henry Wirz ranks 77. Before him are William Henry Smyth, José María Pérez de Urdininea, Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul, A. P. Hill, Andrei Stackenschneider, and Miklós Jósika. After him are William J. Duane, and Thomas Corwin.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Henry Wirz ranks 670 out of 1,015. Before him are Eren Derdiyok (1988), Urs Zimmermann (1959), Kurt Schmid (1932), Barış Arduç (1987), Franco Forini (1958), and Manuel Akanji (1995). After him are Roger Staub (1936), C. Douglas Dillon (1909), Burkhard Gantenbein (1912), Georges Bregy (1958), Patty Schnyder (1978), and Johnny Leoni (1984).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Switzerland

Among military personnels born in Switzerland, Henry Wirz ranks 6. Before him are Henri Guisan (1874), Jean Reynier (1771), François Le Fort (1656), Lionel Dunsterville (1865), and Franz von Werra (1914).

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