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Emancipation

Question 8 • GA-GSE Grade 8 Georgia Studies

Captain Henry Wirz was commander of

Answer
A
the Union Blockade.
B
Andersonville Prison.
C
Fort Chickamauga.
D
the Confederacy.

Explanation

Captain Henry Wirz was the Confederate commandant of Andersonville Prison, a notorious prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia during the Civil War. He was not in command of the Union blockade, Fort Chickamauga, or the Confederacy as a whole.

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