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Elmira Prison was originally a barracks for "Camp Rathbun" or "Camp Chemung", a key muster and training point for the Union Army during the American Civil War, between 1861 and 1864. The 30-acre (120,000 m 2 ) site was selected partially due to its proximity to the Erie Railroad and the Northern Central Railway , which crisscrossed in the midst of the city.
The most notorious camp of the North was located in Elmira, New York where one of the four camps that made up the western New York Union Army rendezvous was refitted for use as a prisoner of war camp. Originally known as Camp Rathbun and designated as Camp No. 3, this camp during the course of its existence from the summer of 1864 until the end ...
Among the worst of these was the camp at Elmira, New York. Though outwardly very different in appearance from Andersonville, and very much small in prisoner population, the conditions–and even the death rate–at Elmira were remarkably similar to those at Andersonville.”
Jul 26, 2014 · Here are 20 facts about that dark period in the city’s history: 1 One day after the first 400 Confederates arrived from Maryland, two prisoners scaled the Elmira prison camp’s 12-foot stockade ...
- Ray Finger
Jul 24, 2021 · Hellmira: The Union’s Most Infamous Civil War Prison Camp – Elmira, NY by Derick Maxfield published by Savas Beatie (2020) 192 pages. Hellmira: The Union’s Most Infamous Civil War Prison Camp – Elmira, NY by Derick Maxfield is the first installment in the Emerging Civil War series to look at a prisoner of war camp.
Sep 20, 2020 · his book shortly before world war i. today we have an organization in elmira, called the friends of the elmira prison. they are working really hard to bring back that history and acknowledge what happened there. their efforts have included the reconstruction of an original camp building. this was made from lumber held in storage since the civil ...
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May 15, 2020 · An in-depth history of the inhumane Union Civil War prison camp that became known as “the Andersonville of the North.”Long called by some the “Andersonville of the North,” the prisoner of war camp in Elmira, New York, is remembered as the most notorious of all Union-run POW camps.
