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Tag Archives: Civil War prisons
Henry Wirz’s Story: Spin Set In Stone
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
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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