Elmira : death camp of the north / Michael Horigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horigan, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elmira Prison (Elmira, N.Y.).

Prisoners of war.

History.

New York (State)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.

New York (State).

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.

United States.

Prisoners of war--New York (State)--Elmira--History--19th century.

New York (State)--Elmira.

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, [2002]

Summary:

The Civil War prison camp at Elmira, New York, had the highest death rate of any prison camp in the North: almost 25 percent. Comparatively, the overall death rate of all Northern prison camps was just over 11 percent; in the South, the death rate was just over 15 percent. Clearly, something went wrong in Elmira. The culmination of ten years of research, this book traces the story of what happened. Author Michael Horigan also places the prison in the context of the greater Elmira community by describing the town in 1864 and explaining its significance as a military depot and draft rendezvous.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-239) and index.

ISBN:

0811714322

OCLC:

48013781