# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-wirz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:09:26.668Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-wirz"
name: "Henry Wirz"
slug: "henry-wirz"
description: "Captain Henry Wirz was a Confederate States Army officer, doctor, and convicted war criminal best known for commanding Andersonville Prison during 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 homeopathy, 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."
tagline: "Swiss-born Confederate officer in the American Civil War"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_Wirz_01_11.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1823-11-25"
deathDate: "1865-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.15
  momentum:             0.94963336939536
  historical:           13.66125733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Генрі Вірц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "هنرى ويرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz"
    title: "Henry Wirz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz"
    title: "Henry Wirz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz"
    title: "Henry Wirz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz"
    title: "Henry Wirz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "هنری ویرتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz"
    title: "Henry Wirz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz"
    title: "Henry Wirz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A5"
    title: "הנרי וירץ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Hartmann_Wirz"
    title: "Heinrich Hartmann Wirz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz"
    title: "Henry Wirz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%86%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Вирц, Генри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz"
    title: "Henry Wirz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%86"
    title: "Хенри Вирц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz"
    title: "Henry Wirz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124334"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump