Category: Civil War
Hellmira: The Union’s Most Infamous Civil War Prison Camp – Elmira, NY by Derick Maxfield
Hellmira: The Union’s Most Infamous Civil War Prison Camp – Elmira, NY by Derick Maxfield published by Savas Beatie (2020) 192 pages Hellmira: The Union’s…
Visiting Elmira Prison Camp and Cemetery
24 % of the Confederate soldiers held at Elmira prison camp died there. In 2019 I was moving my step-son up to college at SUNY…
Data Gives Hints on Which Union Prisoners of War Survived
In 2017, Earl Hess had an interesting article in the Journal Civil War History. It focuses on the use of the Early Indicators database for…
The Business of Captivity: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison by Michael Gray
The Business of Captivity: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison by Michael Gray published by Kent State University Press (2001) If every Northerner knew…
Do We Ignore Prisoners of War When We Study the Civil War?
I was rereading the September 2017 issue of Civil War history recently. It had a roundtable discussion by academic and public historians about Civil War…
Map of Elmira Prison Made by a Confederate Soldier Imprisoned There
The treatment of prisoners of war, many of whom were not released until after the surrender of the Confederate armies, was a contentious issue during…
Crossing the Deadlines: Civil War Prisons Reconsidered by Michael P. Gray
Crossing the Deadlines: Civil War Prisons Reconsidered by Michael P. Gray (Editor) published by Kent State University Press (2018) 256 pages This is a…
Civil War Prisons edited by William B. Hesseltine
Civil War Prisons edited by William B. Hesseltine published by The Kent State University Press (1972) 123 pages This collection of short essays, originally…
60th United States Colored Troops: Iowa’s Black Regiment Was Mostly from Elsewhere
This is one in a series of scrapbooks focusing on United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiments. These are not regimental histories and I invite you…
Pro Tips For Defending Confederate “Heritage” from the Sons of Confederate Veterans Manual
The feature image is from a 2015 campaign by the Sons of Confederate Veterans to erect a new memorial to the Confederacy in Texas. This…