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Chemung County History: Elmira Prison Camp

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A brief look at the Federal prison at Elmira, New York. As more information has surfaced about this prison, the reality of the treatment of the Confederate prisoners of war has become more clear.

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chemung county history: elmira prison camp, civil war prisoners of war, civil war prisons, conditions in federal prisons, confederate prisoners, elmira prison, federal prisons, conditions in civil war prisons, living conditions in civil war prisons
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