Major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz" id="mwfg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Henry Wirz">Henry Wirz</a>, the superintendent of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersonville,_Georgia#History" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Andersonville, Georgia">a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia</a>, is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hanging">hanged</a>, becoming one of only three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> soldiers <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_(legal)" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Execution (legal)">executed</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="War crime">war crimes</a>.