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Author : Clayton Wood Holmes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Elmira Prison Camp written by Clayton Wood Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clayton Wood Holmes
Publisher : Andesite Press
ISBN 13 : 9781296686994
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (869 download)
Download or read book The Elmira Prison Camp written by Clayton Wood Holmes and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Clayton Wood Holmes
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781295508839
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (88 download)
Download or read book The Elmira Prison Camp written by Clayton Wood Holmes and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author : Clayton Wood Holmes
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230425016
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (25 download)
Download or read book The Elmira Prison Camp; a History of the Military Prison at Elmira, N. Y. , July 6, 1864, to July 10 1865 written by Clayton Wood Holmes and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX Some Interesting Facts. IN the writing of a book of this character much depends on other people. It will be discovered by the author who undertakes it that some people are proverbially slow in responding to inquiries for information, and some never reply at all. This book has suffered somewhat from both causes. To delay the making of copy till all responses are received would consign it to oblivion, at least so far as the author of this volume is concerned. It has been necessary to proceed with the work, and after being prepared for the printer it is difficult to make additions and still preserve clean copy. This chapter has been introduced to provide a place for matter delayed in arrival or forgotten in course of writing the story, and to provide an opportunity for the author to introduce such editorial remarks as could not consistently be included in the body of the history. The absence of footnotes may be noticed by readers. This is due to the author's distaste for them, as an experience of nearly twenty years in newspaper and magazine writing has taught him that the general public is averse to them. No effort has been made to study or introduce a literary style. Facts expressed tersely in the simplest terms, and plain language meet the approval of the reading public and result in a greater enjoyment of reading. Those interested in scientific investigation of special conditions pertaining to the subject will find sufficient to put them on the right track. Literary favor is the last thing sought after, and an escape from the customary newspaper or magazine style the most desired. The author desires to express his deep appreciation of the valuable assistance rendered by Sergeant Berry Benson of the First South Carolina...
Author : Clay W. Holmes
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (314 download)
Download or read book The Elmira Prison Camp. A History of the Military Prison at Elmira, N.Y. July 6, 1864 to July 10, 1865. With an Appendix ... written by Clay W. Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clay W. HOLMES
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Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (561 download)
Download or read book The Elmira Prison Camp. A History of the Military Prison at Elmira, N.Y., July 6, 1864 to July 10, 1865 ... With an Appendix Containing Names of the Confederate Prisoners Buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery. With 62 Illustrations written by Clay W. HOLMES and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Derek Maxfield
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1611214882
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Hellmira written by Derek Maxfield and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth history of the inhumane Union Civil War prison camp that became known as “the Andersonville of the North.” Long called by some the “Andersonville of the North,” the prisoner of war camp in Elmira, New York, is remembered as the most notorious of all Union-run POW camps. It existed only from the summer of 1864 to July 1865, but in that time, and for long after, it became darkly emblematic of man’s inhumanity to man. Confederate prisoners called it “Hellmira.” Hastily constructed, poorly planned, and overcrowded, prisoner of war camps North and South were dumping grounds for the refuse of war. An unfortunate necessity, both sides regarded the camps as temporary inconveniences—and distractions from the important task of winning the war. There was no need, they believed, to construct expensive shelters or provide better rations. They needed only to sustain life long enough for the war to be won. Victory would deliver prisoners from their conditions. As a result, conditions in the prisoner of war camps amounted to a great humanitarian crisis, the extent of which could hardly be understood even after the blood stopped flowing on the battlefields. In the years after the war, as Reconstruction became increasingly bitter, the North pointed to Camp Sumter—better known as the Andersonville POW camp in Americus, Georgia—as evidence of the cruelty and barbarity of the Confederacy. The South, in turn, cited the camp in Elmira as a place where Union authorities withheld adequate food and shelter and purposefully caused thousands to suffer in the bitter cold. This finger-pointing by both sides would go on for over a century. And as it did, the legend of Hellmira grew. In this book, Derek Maxfield contextualizes the rise of prison camps during the Civil War, explores the failed exchange of prisoners, and tells the tale of the creation and evolution of the prison camp in Elmira. In the end, Maxfield suggests that it is time to move on from the blame game and see prisoner of war camps—North and South—as a great humanitarian failure. Praise for Hellmira “A unique and informative contribution to the growing library of Civil War histories...Important and unreservedly recommended.” —Midwest Book Review “A good book, and the author should be congratulated.” —Civil War News
Author : Michael Horigan
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811714327
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Elmira written by Michael Horigan and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... A prison camp for 12,122 Confederate prisoners of war from July 1864 through July 1865"--Page 1.
Author : Derek Maxfield
Publisher : Emerging Civil War
ISBN 13 : 9781611214871
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (148 download)
Download or read book Hellmira written by Derek Maxfield and published by Emerging Civil War. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long called by some the "Andersonville of the North," the prisoner of war camp in Elmira, New York, is remembered as the most notorious of all Union-run POW camps. It existed for only a year--from the summer of 1864 to July 1865--but in that time, and for long after, it became darkly emblematic of man's inhumanity to man.Confederate prisoners called it "Hellmira."Hastily constructed, poorly planned, and overcrowded, prisoner of war camps North and South were dumping grounds for the refuse of war. An unfortunate necessity, both sides regarded the camps as temporary inconveniences--and distractions from the important task of winning the war. There was no need, they believed, to construct expensive shelters or provide better rations. They needed only to sustain life long enough for the war to be won. Victory would deliver prisoners from their conditions.As a result, conditions in the prisoner of war camps amounted to a great humanitarian crisis, the extent of which could hardly be understood even after the blood stopped flowing on the battlefields.In the years after the war, as Reconstruction became increasingly bitter, the North pointed to Camp Sumter--better known as the Andersonville POW camp in Americus, Georgia--as evidence of the cruelty and barbarity of the Confederacy. The South, in turn, cited the camp in Elmira as a place where Union authorities withheld adequate food and shelter and purposefully caused thousands to suffer in the bitter cold. This finger-pointing by both sides would go on for over a century.And as it did, the legend of Hellmira grew.In Hellmira: The Union's Most Infamous POW Camp of the Civil War, Derek Maxfield contextualizes the rise of prison camps during the Civil War, explores the failed exchange of prisoners, and tells the tale of the creation and evolution of the prison camp in Elmira. In the end, Maxfield suggests that it is time to move on from the blame game and see prisoner of war camps--North and South--as a great humanitarian failure.
Author : Michael P. Gray
Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873387088
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (87 download)
Download or read book The Business of Captivity written by Michael P. Gray and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the many controversial issues to emerge from the Civil War was the treatment of prisoners of war. At two stockades, the Confederate prison at Anderson, and the Union prison at Elmira, suffering was accute and mortality was high. This work explores the economic and social impact of Elmira.
Author : Richard H. Triebe
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781539496793
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)
Download or read book Elmira Prisoner of War Camp written by Richard H. Triebe and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August of 1864 the Union Army pursued a policy of "Total-War" against the Confederate Army. What made this new type of warfare different was that it also targeted certain Southern civilians who were suspected of giving aid, food and information to the enemy. Many Northern officers felt the surest way to defeat the Confederate army was to destroy the will of the Southern people. If the Union army could threaten the homes of southern civilians it was thought that Confederate soldiers would desert their posts and rush home to protect their families and property. This sort of tactic was used by General Philip Sheridan in burning the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. It was also employed by Major-General William T. Sherman when he burned Atlanta and Columbia and devastated a sixty mile wide swath through Georgia and the Carolinas. This "Total-War" policy was applied to the prison system as well, but for an entirely different reason. In 1864 the North had ended the prisoner exchange and reduced prisoner's rations and clothing. This was practically a death sentence to many of the weakened Confederate prisoners. At the same time the Northern prisons became grossly overcrowded because the exchange had been halted the year before. It was decided to relieve the crowding by opening a new prisoner of war camp at Elmira, New York. However, this prison was to be like no other. On the surface Elmira prison camp appeared to be very normal. Nevertheless, behind the scenes certain influential officials secretly planned to create a retaliatory prison to punish the Confederate prisoners for the suspected wrongs of Andersonville prison in Georgia. Also included are fifteen statements from Confederate prisoners which tell about their experiences at Elmira prisoner of war camp.
Author : Miles O. Sherrill
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0996535373
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (965 download)
Download or read book A Soldiers Story: Prison Life and Other Incidents in the War of 1861-1865 - Elmira Prison Camp written by Miles O. Sherrill and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miles O. Sherrill first published his "A Soldier's Story" in 1904 at the age of 63. He was a young Confederate soldier, and his war journal tells a timeless tale of fresh-faced enthusiasm and patriotism tempered over time by hard work, anguish, and the grueling horrors of warfare. Sherrill was shot and captured at the Spotsylvania Court House, had his leg amputated, and transferred to the Elmira Prison Camp. Special thanks those in both the North and South, for their dedication to preserving the historical integrity of the Elmira Prison Camp.
Author : Asa Brainerd Isham
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Prisoners of War and Military Prisons written by Asa Brainerd Isham and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry M. Davidson
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Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book Fourteen Months in Southern Prisons written by Henry M. Davidson and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chemung Historical Society
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Elmira in the Civil War: Training Camp of the Blue Prison Camp of the Gray written by Chemung Historical Society and published by . This book was released on with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elmira Prison was established in 1864 and housed 11,916 Confederate prisoners under horrific conditions. This is the story of the Andersonville of the North.
Author : David L. Keller
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625854447
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book The Story of Camp Douglas: Chicago's Forgotten Civil War Prison written by David L. Keller and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you were a Confederate prisoner during the Civil War, you might have ended up in this infamous military prison in Chicago. More Confederate soldiers died in Chicago's Camp Douglas than on any Civil War battlefield. Originally constructed in 1861 to train forty thousand Union soldiers from the northern third of Illinois, it was converted to a prison camp in 1862. Nearly thirty thousand Confederate prisoners were housed there until it was shut down in 1865. Today, the history of the camp ranges from unknown to deeply misunderstood. David Keller offers a modern perspective of Camp Douglas and a key piece of scholarship in reckoning with the legacy of other military prisons.
