Elmira’s Civil War prison camp operated from July 6, 1864, until July 11, 1865, incarcerating a total of 12,121 Confederates. Here are 20 facts about that dark period in the city’s history: ...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – One hundred and sixty years ago, 645 Winsor Avenue in Elmira housed a prisoner of war camp for confederate soldiers. Now, a new stockade fence sits on the site of what was ...

The Ukrainians allow visits to prisoner of war camps by both the United Nations and Red Cross; those organizations have largely been denied access in Russia and the Ukrainian territory it occupies.

The remains of a US Army airman were identified 81 years after he died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, officials announced Friday. Staff Sgt. Alvin R. Scarborough, of Dossville, Mississippi ...

University of South Carolina researcher Dr. Chester DePratter's great-grandfather was held as a prisoner of war in Elmira, New York. "It marks an important period in our nation's history and in ...

Swartz and others were then subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and held at a POW camp in Cabanatuan, where more than 2,500 prisoners died during the war. U.S. Army Air Force Sgt. James W ...

U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Bernard J. Calvi, 23, died in a prisoner of war camp in the Philippines during World War II.

August 8, 2020 Elmira Union Prisoner of War Camp. Elmira, a Union prisoner of war camp located in New York, opened in July 1864 after many other Union prisons were at capacity… ...

Besides the statement, Ukraine published a Korean-language video showcasing its prisoner-of-war camps as well as the meals served there. The video, which was also posted on X and YouTube, ...

A New York Supreme Court judge determined that the “Russian War Prisoner” watercolor had been stolen by Nazis from Fritz Grünbaum before the start of World War II.

Elmira’s Civil War prison camp operated from July 6, 1864, until July 11, 1865, incarcerating a total of 12,121 Confederates. Here are 20 facts about that dark period in the city’s history to ...