Tents and barracks within a stockade at Elmira
Tents and barracks within a stockade at Elmira Prison, Camp Rathburn, in southern New York State. The Union POW camp was built to hold 12, 000 Confederate inmates. When US Civil War prisoner exchanges stopped between 1863 to early 1865, all POWs were interned, stressing facilities for both Union and Confederacy. In spite of the Unions adequate resources to feed and shelter the POWs, 2, 963 prisoners died at Elmira from various causes
Picture No
13124204
Media ID
45371713
Size
3000px x 1737px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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