Comments on: Review: Andersonvilles of the North: The Myths and Realities of Northern Treatment of Civil War Confederate Prisoners http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/06/08/review-andersonvilles-of-the-north/ The Order of Civil War Obsessively Compulsed - Informed Amateurs Blog the American Civil War Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:08:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Clark Larsen http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/06/08/review-andersonvilles-of-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-5023 Clark Larsen Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:47:16 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=6403#comment-5023 Show me the pictures! There are lots of photographs of walking skeletons and scarecrows from Andersonville, Libby, Salisburry, et. al., showing dying or near death Union soldiers. Some of the best war photographs come from the Charlotte newspaper, so there were cameras and photographers in the South. Where are the pictures of the starved and abused Confederate soldiers from northern POW camps? Or for that matter, from Jeff Davis' supposedly starving army? The notion that the winner writes history sure doesn't hold up to what's happened since the war between the states. Show me the pictures!
There are lots of photographs of walking skeletons and scarecrows from Andersonville, Libby, Salisburry, et. al., showing dying or near death Union soldiers.
Some of the best war photographs come from the Charlotte newspaper, so there were cameras and photographers in the South. Where are the pictures of the starved and abused Confederate soldiers from northern POW camps? Or for that matter, from Jeff Davis’ supposedly starving army?
The notion that the winner writes history sure doesn’t hold up to what’s happened since the war between the states.

]]> By: admin http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/06/08/review-andersonvilles-of-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-4936 admin Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:25:01 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=6403#comment-4936 Mike, Thanks for some possible reasons why Elmira was so much worse statistically than the other Northern prisons. I haven't read a whole lot of Civil War prison literature, so I wasn't able to propose my own theories for Elmira in the review. Brett Mike,

Thanks for some possible reasons why Elmira was so much worse statistically than the other Northern prisons. I haven’t read a whole lot of Civil War prison literature, so I wasn’t able to propose my own theories for Elmira in the review.

Brett

]]> By: Mike Gronski http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/06/08/review-andersonvilles-of-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-4932 Mike Gronski Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:36:23 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=6403#comment-4932 As I recall, being from the Corning-Elmira Area, history tells of a brutally cold winter which both Elmira residents and prisoners alike suffered. I believe it was the first winter there, so I believe the deaths were somewhat skewed from that winter where southern boys from the deep south suffered their first below zero winter. The prison was located near the Chemung River, so fresh water was available from it, probably a consideration. But the Chemung River, a tributary of the Susquehanna was prone to flooding. I remember flooding in the countryside while riding a bus to elementaty school. I wonder how much of that went on during this time? Hurricane Agnes in the 70's defied all the Army Corps dike and dam work and flooded central PA and into the Corning-Elmira area from the Atlantic Coast. The prison was located very near the town itself, so what disease was in the prison was in the general population as well. As I recall, being from the Corning-Elmira Area,
history tells of a brutally cold winter which both Elmira residents and prisoners alike suffered. I believe it was the first winter there, so I believe the deaths were somewhat skewed from that winter where southern boys from the deep south suffered their first below zero winter.
The prison was located near the Chemung River, so fresh water was available from it, probably a consideration.
But the Chemung River, a tributary of the Susquehanna was prone to flooding. I remember flooding in the countryside while riding a bus to elementaty school. I wonder how much of that went on during this time?
Hurricane Agnes in the 70’s defied all the Army Corps dike and dam work and flooded central PA and into the Corning-Elmira area from the Atlantic Coast.
The prison was located very near the town itself, so what disease was in the prison was in the general population as well.

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