Elmira Prison Camp - Elmira, NY
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ripraff
N 42° 04.933 W 076° 49.300
18T E 349325 N 4660510
This sign is in front of the Water Works building, near the spot of the Elmira Prison Camp, that was used for training Union soldiers and then housing Confederate Soldiers.
Waymark Code: WMRPXA
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/20/2016
Views: 7
"At the beginning of the Civil War, Elmira had been a military recruiting depot where soldiers attended basic training. Later in the war Elmira was chosen as a draft rendezvous, and then a new prisoner of war camp. The first prisoners arrived at the camp on July 6, 1864. The last prisoners left the camp on July 11, 1865."
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