Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-09-13 | Page 1 | Monument for Wirz

l l l I I ONU FOR Notorious Commander of Andersonville Andersonville Andersonville An- An Prison to Be Honored New ew Orleans OIlean Sept 12 The 12 The Louisiana Louisiana Louis Louis- iana amia Confederate will erect a l monument to Henry ia the commander commander com corn mander of e prison during dur dur- ing og the time civil war The Alm Army of the Tennessee camp No o 2 of oC New Orleans Or Or- leans eans actuated b by the sentiment ex expressed ex- ex pressed at the recent G. G A. A U. U national encampment toda today adopted the tIme following following fol fol- lowing owing n resolution Resolved ed That the association of the Army of or the time Tennessee Camp No o 2 2 United States Confederate Veterans deems It a dut duty op or part of the United ConCe Confederate erat Veterans and of or orthe the South to vindicate the tIme memory of or Captain Henry rITZ a gallant and anti devoted devoted de de- de- de voted Louisiana confederate erate soldier who gave up UI his liEs life rather lather than save it by 11 yielding to the desire desho of his murderers murderers mur mur- to have havo him falsely Calsel implicate Jefferson Davis and other othel Confederate lead leaders rs In the distressing and antI unavoidable able ablo occurrences forced upon the confederacy confederacy con con- In Its keeping o of fed federal ral pris uris- Resolved That to this end the association association as as- funds un s be and are hereby contributed contributed con con- towards erecting a monument monti- monti ment to Captain Henry said sum payable to the a association that has or orwill orwill will take talce In Iii hand han the time erection of the monument J