Gen. John Henry Winder, C.S.A.
1800-1865
Born near Nanticoke, John Henry Winder was successively a graduate and instructor at 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.
Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Division Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
