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A different source says that Camp Rathbun had a capacity of 6,000 recruits, but that it was converted into a prison for 10,000 and the Union Commissary General was given just 10 days to complete the transition. [2] The prison camp, in use from July 6, 1864, until July 11, 1865 (date of last arrival), was dubbed "Hellmira" by its inmates. During ...
Camp Douglas, sometimes described as "The North's Andersonville", was the largest Union POW Camp. The Union Army first used the camp in 1861 as an organizational and training camp for volunteer regiments. It became a prisoner-of-war camp in early 1862 and is noteworthy due to its poor living conditions and a death rate of roughly 15%.
In 1861, Camp Rathbun, near the town of Elmira, was established as a training camp at the beginning of the Civil War.As the Union troops who trained there were sent to their respective assignments, the camp emptied and in 1864 it was turned into the Elmira Prison prisoner-of-war camp.
"On Saturday, people will come from the south and flood Gaza (City), where will they go? This camp will fit 100, 200 people. There will be 1.5 million coming from the south," Jundiya told Reuters.
The prisoners were being taken from Point Lookout, Maryland, to newly constructed Camp Rathbun at Elmira, New York. [1] They had begun their journey by steamer, traveling along the Atlantic coast from Maryland to New Jersey. Here they were switched to railroad for the final 273 miles (439 km) to Elmira. [2]
The pair successfully established the Stephen J. Wampler Foundation in 2004 and opened Camp Wamp, a summer camp for children with physical disabilities. The first summer the camp hosted 24 ...
According to his data, officers issued an average of almost 28 citations for unlawful camping each month last year, meaning January 2025 exceeded that by 107%. Officers issued an average of nearly ...
Elmira Prison, where Confederate POWs were held; also site of Camp Rathbun, where soldiers trained. Seventh Regiment Memorial, New York City, John Quincy Adams Ward, sculptor 1869/1874; Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Buffalo, New York), Caspar Buberl, sculptor, 1882; Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Lowville in Lewis County, 1883.