Historical Marker

General John Henry Winder C.S.A. *Removed*

Main Street at South Division Street, northeast corner · Salisbury · Wicomico

Maryland marker

Inscription

Gen. John Henry Winder C.S.A. 1800-1865 Born near Nanticoke, John Henry Winder was successively a graduate and instructor in West Point. A veteran of the Seminole and Mexican Wars, Gen. Winder joined the Confederacy in 1861, and eventually directed all confederate military prisons east of the Mississippi.

Maryland Civil War Bicentennial Commission

Location

AddressMain Street at South Division Street, northeast corner
CitySalisbury
CountyWicomico
StateMaryland
Coordinates38.365594, -75.600328

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