This collection consists of the following lists and registers: Prisoners. 82 0 obj <>stream At his retirement in 1900 the Elmira System had been adopted by the states of Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and Minnesota.[1]. }. %PDF-1.7 % Negotiations resumed in July 1862, when Union Maj. Gen. John A. Dix and Confederate Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill were assigned the task. Lacking means for dealing with large numbers of captured troops early in the American Civil War, the Union and Confederate governments both relied on the traditional European system of parole and exchange of prisoners. The exchange system broke down in mid 1863 when the Confederacy refused to treat captured black prisoners as equal to white prisoners. "The Propaganda Literature of Confederate Prisons,", Robins, Glenn. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL The position is denied in James Gillispie, "Andersonville: Prisoner of War Camp-Reading 1", "US Civil War Prison Camps Claimed Thousands", "Preservationists Seek Funds For Film About Boston's Fort Warren", "Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal, and Confederate POW Camp", Andersonville National Historic Site at NPS.gov, "Andersonville: Prisoner of War Camp", a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan, U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: American Civil War prison camps, List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials, List of memorials to the Grand Army of the Republic, Confederate artworks in the United States Capitol, List of Confederate monuments and memorials, Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials. In 1970 the complex was renamed the Elmira Correctional and Reception Center. Many Southern prisons were located in regions with high disease rates, and were routinely short of medicine, doctors, food and ice. width: 85%; The Union Army first used the camp in 1861 as an organizational and training camp for volunteer regiments. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. (1935). Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. M598. WebPrison at Elmira, N.Y. July 6, 1864, to July 10, 1865.1 It was not until 1930 that another author tackled the subject of Civil War prisons and prisoners. Corporal Fortlouis was shipped north to the Union Prison Camp at Elmira, New York, where he died of pneumonia within ten days of his arrival. The Friends of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp will be the primary resource for history, education and preservation of the Civil War experience for Elmira, Chemung County and the surrounding areas. This will include working cooperatively with other local groups, as well as building relationships with relevant organizations nationally. This page has been viewed 32,407 times (2,362 via redirect). "Andersonville in History and Memory,", This page was last edited on 25 April 2023, at 20:58. Biden commutes sentences of 31 nonviolent drug
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