During the U.S. Civil War, <br />Southerner Henry Wirz did run <br />Prison, 'Andersonville' of lore <br />Where mass atrocities were done. <br />Wirz was cruel, but records do show <br />He asked superiors for aid. <br />But Jefferson Davis said no. <br />Petitions to the North, Wirz made, <br />Sending some prisoners to try <br />Prisoner exchange to instate. <br />The North said no - winning was why. <br />The end of war brought Wirz' end fate. <br /> <br />Andersonville horror songs sang, <br />Scapegoat Henry Wirz did hang.<br /><br />Ima Ryma<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/henry-wirz/
