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Arrest and Transfer to Washington

Name: Arrest and Transfer to Washington
Start: 1865-05-10
Location: Old Capitol Prison

When: May 10, 1865
Where: Old Capitol Prison
Part of: Henry Wirz hanged for Andersonville war crimes

Wirz was arrested following the Confederate defeat and transferred to Washington, D.C., to face trial for war crimes.

After the war, Wirz was taken first to Macon, Georgia, and then by rail to Washington, D.C., arriving on May 10, 1865. He was held in the Old Capitol Prison because the federal government decided to put him on trial for conspiring to impair the lives of Union prisoners.

Sources

Henry Wirz Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05

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