Hellmira: The Union's Most Infamous Civil War Prison Camp-Elmira, NY

An in-depth history of the inhumane Union Civil War prison camp that became known as "the Andersonville of the North."

Long called by some the "Andersonville of the North," the prisoner of war camp in Elmira, New York, is remembered as the most notorious of all Union-run POW camps. It existed only from the summer of 1864 to July 1865, but in that time, and for long after, it became darkly emblematic of man's inhumanity to man. Confederate prisoners called it "Hellmira."

Hastily constructed...