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Elmira Prison Camp Site Reopens on Saturdays This Summer

The Elmira Civil War Prison Camp has announced it will be reopening this summer. The camp, which held thousands of captured Confederates in 1864 and…

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Andersonvilles of the North: The Myths and Realities of Northern Treatment of Civil War Confederate Prisoners by James M. Gillispie

Andersonvilles of the North: The Myths and Realities of Northern Treatment of Civil War Confederate Prisoners by James M. Gillispie published by University of North…

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The Yankee Plague Escaped Union Prisoners and the Collapse of the Confederacy by Lorien Foote

The Yankee Plague Escaped Union Prisoners and the Collapse of the Confederacy by Lorien Foote The University of North Carolina Press (2016) As the Confederate…

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How Union Soldiers Brought Slavery Back to Ohio in 1862

I was unaware of this until I read about it in an essay by by Christopher Barr in Crossing the Deadlines. Here are the facts…

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