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Tag Archives: Elmira
Who Do You Remember?
Posted in Common Soldier, Memory, Monuments
Tagged cemeteries, Elmira, Hellmira, monuments, National cemeteries, Woodlawn National Cemetery
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Remembering “Hellmira”
Katie Logothetis’ series about Fredericksburg National Cemetery inspired a stop at Woodlawn National Cemetery in Elmira, NY, where Confederate POWs who died at the Elmira prison camp are buried.
The Dead of “Hellmira”
A few weeks ago, I visited the former site of the Civil War prison in Elmira, New York. At the time, I recalled a quote from David Blight’s Race and Reunion, which said, “The infamous sites of Civil War prisons…were … Continue reading
“Hellmira”—a Place of “Terrible Memory,” Nearly Forgotten
Driving through Elmira, New York, last week, a comment from David Blight’s Race and Reunion sprang to mind. In the book, he quotes Clay MacCauley, a veteran from Rhode Island: “The infamous sites of Civil War prisons, [MacCauley] wrote, were … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory
Tagged Andersonville, Civil War prisons, Elmira, Hellmira
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