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Tag Archives: Elmira Prison
Echoes of Reconstruction: Stories of Atrocities at Civil War Prison Camps Increased Post-War Antagonisms
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
Posted in Reconstruction
Tagged Andersonville, Andersonville of the north, Benjamin G. Cloyd, Civil War prisons, Elmira Prison, Hellmira, Henry Wirz, Jim Crow, Patrick Young, POW camps. Libby Prison, prisoner exchange, prisons, Reconstruction Blog, UDC, United Daughters of the Confederacy
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A Beecher ventures to Corning
Elmira can be an unforgiving, frigid place to spend time – even if you are well clothed and sheltered. For a Confederate soldier from the deep South suddenly transported to the prisoner of war camp there it could be a … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian
Tagged civil war religion, Elmira Prison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, politics, Thomas Beecher
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A Short Diary from Elmira
ECW welcomes guest author Ray Stoll The 98th Regiment New York National Guard is known only to those specializing in the Elmira prisoner camp. It was a 100-day unit organized for prison guard duty. An 18-year old farm boy named … Continue reading
FREE ECW Podcast – Elmira
Good morning! We’ve got a historical surprise for you today. It’s a new FREE Podcast. The topic is a one that should not be forgotten, and it is expertly explored, bringing lots of facts and perspective to Civil War prison … Continue reading
Posted in Podcast
Tagged Derek Maxfield, ECW Podcast, Elmira Prison, Emerging Civil War Podcast, Hellmira
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Saving History Saturday: New Preservation Efforts At Elmira Civil War Prison Camp
This week Friends of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp announced two new successes for their preservation and interpretation efforts in New York. Two vacant houses adjacent to replicated prison and near the original site had recently been purchased, and … Continue reading
Posted in Preservation
Tagged Elmira Prison, Hellmira, Preservation, Saving History Saturday
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The Ravages of Spring: Elmira’s POW camp swamped by Chemung River
Since receiving the cover art of my first book, HELLMIRA: The Union’s Most Infamous POW Camp of the Civil War, I have been waiting not-so-patiently for the right opportunity to announce my book to the world. The time has arrived. … Continue reading
Time to Talk (Civil War) Books: A Conversation with Marc Ramsey—part four
Part four of five In yesterday’s segment of my interview with bookseller Marc Ramsey of Owens & Ramsey Booksellers, he mentioned a recent book panel he served on where he doled out his best-book recommendations for 2016. But now, he said, … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Personalities
Tagged A Glorious Army, Abraham Lincoln, Berry Benson, Bert Dunkerly, Chris Kolakowski, David Dixon Porter, Dawn of Victory, Dennis Rasbach, Edward Alexander, Elmira Prison, Fort Stedman, Grant's Last Battle, Jeffrey Wert, John B. Gordon, Joshua Chamberlain and the Petersburg Campaign, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Julia Grant, Leadership, Lee's Lieutenants, Lincoln in Richmond, Lincoln's Greatest Journey, Mary Lincoln, Noah Andre Trudeau, Palmetto Sharshooters, Reminiscences of the Civil War, Time-to-Talk-Civil-War-Books-with-Marc-Ramsey, To the Bitter End, Under the Blue Pennant
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