In the meantime I have the honor General, to remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hy.

WIRZ, Captain C.S.

A.
Major General T.H.WILSON, Commanding, Macon.

Ga.
He was kept at Macon, under guard, until May 20, when Captain Noyes was ordered to take him, and the hospital records of Andersonville, to Washington.

Between Macon and Cincinnati the journey was a perfect gauntlet.
Our men were stationed all along the road, and among them everywhere were ex-prisoners, who recognized Wirz, and made such determined efforts to kill him that it was all that Captain Noyes, backed by a strong guard, could do to frustrate them.