A Confederate prisoners touching letter to his wife caused historian Richard H. Triebe to launch an investigation as to what happened to the Confederates captured at Fort Fisher and sent north
His research provided the answers he sought, but it also uncovered an even greater mystery. Of the 1,173 Fort Fisher Confederates sent to Elmira Prison Camp 46% would be dead from disease in five months.
Obviously something was wrong with figures like that. But what was it?
Join the author as he explores that causes that led to such a high death rate. Find out what was responsible for creating such a dangerous prison environment.
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The Confederates called Elmira Prison Camp "Hellmira" and for good reason. Was all the suffering intentional?
--Old B-Runner
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