The Elmira Prison Camp, a History of the Military Prison at Elmira, NY July 6, 1864 - July 10, 1865 with New Appendix

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A beautifully reprinted special edition book by Clay W. Holmes with a new appendix by Diane Janowski. Historian Holmes first published this book in 1912. He shared reports from witnesses, Confederate prisoners first person accounts, the story of the great tunnel escape, the importance of John W. Jones, and the notorious living conditions in the camp. Diane Janowski is the current Elmira City Historian and keeper of the most accurate list of Confederate dead in Elmira’s Woodlawn National Cemetery.