Tag Archives: Civil War prisons

Echoes of Reconstruction: Stories of Atrocities at Civil War Prison Camps Increased Post-War Antagonisms 

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Emerging Civil War

ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Civil War prisoner of war camps occupied a big part of the consciousness of the warriors and civilians on both sides during the final two years of the … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW – Crossing the Deadlines: Civil War Prisons Reconsidered

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Derek Maxfield

I have long believed that Civil War prisoner of war facilities were the final frontier in Civil War scholarship.  Under-explored and under-appreciated, it has only been relatively recently that POW camps began to be researched and monographs written. A recent … Continue reading →

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Symposium Spotlight: Kelly Mezurek

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

Although we’re focusing on “Great Defenses of the Civil War” at the Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge this year, we asked Kelly Mezurek to put her own spin on it as she considered the theme. Kelly … Continue reading →

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Henry Wirz’s Story: Spin Set In Stone

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

To believe the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Henry Wirz got the shaft. And so they gave him the shaft, too. Dedicated on May 12, 1909, a monument to the former commandant of South’s most notorious Civil War prison stands … Continue reading →

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The Dead of “Hellmira”

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Chris Mackowski

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 →

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“Hellmira”—a Place of “Terrible Memory,” Nearly Forgotten

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Chris Mackowski

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 →

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