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Oct 25, 2019 · This week on The Historians Podcast, Army veteran and Utica College student David Cooney discusses his research on upstate New York prisoner of war camps where German soldiers were housed during the Second World War. One such camp was near today’s Fort Drum and another was in Utica.
Part of American Civil War prison camps. Elmira, New York, United States. Union prisoner of war camp for detaining civilians and military personnel of the Confederate States of America. Type. Union Prison Camp.
A panorama of the Elmira (New York) Prison Camp in December 1864 by photographers William Moulton & John Larkin. This is an early commercially sold view of the camp taken from a platform overlooking Water Street. The camp was built on 30 acres on the former Camp Rathbun or Camp Chemung.
There were 19 base camps, 28 branch camps, 3 hospitals, 1 ISU, 2 internment locations, and 5 cemeteries in NY. More information in my latest book titled Prisoner of War Camps Across America and is available in Kindle format on Amazon and in Nook format on Barnes and Noble.
5 days ago · The most notorious camp of the North was located in Elmira, New York where one of the 4 camps that made up the western New York Union Army rendezvous was refitted for use as a prisoner of war camp.
Elmira Civil War Prison Camp. 645 Winsor Avenue. Elmira, NY 14901 Website. Elmira’s Civil War history spans the entire war, from 1861-1865, first as a training camp for over 20,000 Union soldiers, and then as a POW Camp for roughly 12,000 Confederates.
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Dec 26, 2014 · •Outside the Civil War prison camp in Elmira, a three-story observation platform with chairs and binoculars was built across Water Street west of Hoffman Street. Visitors were charged 10 cents...
