and so they decided to look about for another location and elmira suited them quite well because elmira was already a draft ran dendezvous. it was next to a canal. this was a place that had been a feeder location for union soldiers early in the war. many of the facilities were still there and still available. and so there would be a minimum of preparation necessary to get this ready. so at that post was lieutenant colonel seth eastman. he was kind of your average soldier. he was not a great able administrator. he was a topographical engineer by training. he graduated from west point. here's a guy that was also really not up to the job either. but he is a good soldier and you can see in his correspondence that he's ready to do what they want him to do. though he's not in great health himself. he's kind of conflicted because his real interests aren't in military. it's in oil painting and being an illustrator and an artist. and really the stress and the physical toll that the camp takes on him will lead to his removal in a short amount of time. but while he's there, he does the best that h

and elmira so did them quite well. because elmira was already a draft rendezvous. it was on a major rare -- railroad home, it was next to a canal. this was a place that had benefited the location for union soldiers in the war. so many of the facilities were still there, and still available. and so there would be a minimum of preparation necessary to get this ready. so, at that post, this lieutenant he was kind of your average soldier. he was not a great able administrator, he was a top graphical engineer by training he will graduated from west point. here is a guy who was also really not up to the job either. but, he's a good soldier, and you can see in his correspondence with his superiors he is willing to do it they want him to do. though he is not in great health, himself. he's also kind of conflicted, because his real interests are not military. his interests are in all painting and being an illustrator and an artist. and, really, the stress and the physical toll the camp takes on him lead to his removal in a short amount of time. but while he's there, he does

four, i had no clue that elmira was the set of a p.o.w. camp. i think i learned in college for the first time about this and was just entirely shocked. i thought by that time i was fairly well versed in the civil war. i come to learn that there's a good reason why i did not know about it, and in fact, many people in elmira did not know about it. to some extent, it was an exercise in civic amnesia. this was a community that wanted to hide its past. and really, it was only quite recently that they began to embrace what's happened there along the river. in large measure, the reason for this had to do with being compared to anderson bill. so anderson ville, many people know, was the p.o.w. camp near americas georgia. it was the largest of the p.o.w. camps. it was the most deadly of the p.o.w. camps of the civil war. it held over 30,000. it had a death rate approaching 30%. as the war came to an end and the union came to learn more and more about the tragedy, the atrocities at anderson bill, they began to be this kind of back and forth finger-p

was ever a hell on earth, elmira was that hell. but it was not a hot one. another soldier remarked, with the weather 10, 15 degrees below zero, 100 men were trying to keep warm by one stove. each morning men crawled out of their bunks and would get into fights for a place by the fire. in december, mostly everyone was in these overcrowded barracks. but with the summer drought, high temperatures and many of the armies traveling, especially throughout the south, this led another problem, food shortages. an observer from the christian commission remembered after the battle of gettysburg, she reflected on the state of the hospital and town. she writes, the men were in a terrible condition, they lay upon the damp ground, many of them with nothing under them. in the hospitals, there was a large number of amputations, the amputated stumps lined directly on the ground. accept when now and then elevated a little upon a handful of straw or a bunch of old rags. many of these men were in wanted of clothing. suitable food was not to be had. the

elmira had 3100 housed in only 30 barracks. with the onset of winter, there were orders made for barracks to be built. many of these tents were without floors or without blankets. one man who was in elmira for the winter remarked, if there was ever a hell on feearth, elma was that hell, but it was not a hot one. 100 men were trying to keep warm by one stove. each morning men crawled out of their bunks and would get into fights frequently for a place by the fire. god help the sick and the weak as they were literally left out in the cold. and by december, mostly everyone was in these overcrowded barracks, but with the summer drought, high temperatures and with many of these armies traveling, especially throughout the south, this led to another problem: food shortages. an observer from the christian commission in gettysburg remembered after the battle of gettysburg at a field hospital on rock creek, and she reflected on the typical state of the hospitals in town. and she writes, the men were in a terrible condition. they lay upon

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elmira, a union prisoner of war camp in new york that opened in 1864 after men were overcapacity. many p.o.w. started the camp from disease, exposure to the elements, and malnutrition during its one year operation. up next, derek max field talks about the conditions at the present and some of the officers in charge. this top was part of a symposium about the war in the east, part of the emerging civil war blog. >> hello and welcome to the emergiiv

civil war in elmira, new york, where almost 3,000 confederate p.o.w.s died. the author of "hellmyra" the unions most infamous p.o.w. camp of the civil war talking about conditions in the prison and some of the officers in charge. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3 explore our nation's past. c-span3, create kraed by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. each week american history tv's american artifacts explores the histories of the united states flew objects. up next we visit capitol hill to talk to house historian matthew wasniewski and the curator farar elliott about the history of african-americans in dmong the 19th century and a sea of artifacts from the house collection. >> the story of how african-americans come to congress in the 19th century is not one a lot of people are familiar with. we actually have 22 african-americans serve between 1870 and 1901

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. >>> weeknights this month -- elmira opened in july of 1864 after many other union prisons were at capacity. almost 3,000 confederate p.o.w.s d died at the camp. up next derek maxfield talks about the conditions of the prison and some of the officers in charge. his talk is part of a symposium on the war in the east hosted by the emerging civil war blog. >>> hello. welcome to the emerging civil war virtual symposium. our first speaker today is derek maxfield. derek

civil war in elmira, new york where confederate-p-o-ws died. the union's most infamous p.o.w. camp of the civil war, the conditions of the prison and some of the officers in charge, starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. enjoy american history tv. this week, and every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3 explore our nation's past. c-span3 created by america's cable television companies as a public service. and brought to you today by your television provider. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. up next we take you inside the u.s. capitol's house wing where historian matthew wasniewski and karen farar elliott traced the history of women in congress. this is the first of a two-part program. >> the story of women in congress begins with jeannette ranken elected to the house in 1916 from montana. she's elected to the house four years before women had the right to vote nationally. and in a way she's really a bridge from the suffrage movement to women attaining full political rights. she

host: david from elmira, new york. caller: hi, how are you. thanks for having me on. i think it's a little disturbing to me how we had seen so many people during the 2016 election cycle tell the democratic party that elections have consequences, that when voter turnout happens the people of america decide the election. the denial from the republican party to accept the results of the 2020 election is astonishing. the claims of the trump administration that there have been voter fraud are baseless. every major news outlet is saying the same thing. even fox news, and they are highly biased towards the republican party. cnnould get into msnbc and and how they lean more left, i agree with that. as a democrat, i agree with that. this is a problem when you have a president who claims that it's fake news. host: we are wrapping up here, we will talk about that more in our next segment. any final thoughts on looking at this transition process in 2020? >> -- prof. hult: it's pretty clear that we remain in a polarized environment and that creates all kinds of challenges for the

>> jeanine: i grew up in elmira, and -- >> greg: what is that?s at the dash i forget. i used to make my own clothes. we didn't have many stores the there. >> greg: you poor thing. it's the one i got over it. >> greg: remember used to have novelty stores like in malls, it was like sunset, you could buy weird glasses where there's girls on the classes and if you fill it up with water, the bikini would come off. or if you turned your pen up the bikini would come off. it's weird stuff like that that you didn't understand as a kid because you didn't reach puberty yet. that posters of monkeys and outfits. >> emily: is this 21 and older? >> greg: it's like spencer's gifts. >> jesse: we would not have hung out as teenagers. it >> emily: i am not down with spencer's. ♪ . . who is usaa made for? it's made for this guy a veteran who honorably served and it's made for her she's serving now we made it for all branches and all ranks whether they served one tour or made a career of it. we also made usaa for military spouses and their kids usaa is easy to work w

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civil war in elmira, new york, where almost 3,000 confederate p.o.w.s died. the author of "hellmyra" the unions most infamous p.o.w. camp of the civil war talking about conditions in the prison and some of the officers in charge. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3 explore our nation's past. c-span3, create kraed by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. each week american history tv's american artifacts explores the histories of the united states flew objects. up next we visit capitol hill to talk to house historian matthew wasniewski and

civil war in elmira, new york where confederate-p-o-ws died. the union's most infamous p.o.w. camp of the civil war, the conditions of the prison and some of the officers in charge, starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. enjoy american history tv. this week, and every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend

civil war in elmira, new york, where almost 3,000 confederate p.o.w.s died. derek maxfield is the author of "hellmyra" the union's most infamous p.o.w. camp of the civil war talking about conditions in the prison and some of the officers in charge. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span3. >>> each week, american artifacts explores the history of the united states through objects. up next, we visit capitol hill to talk to house historian matthew wasniewski about the history of african-americans in congress in the 19th century and to see a selection of artifacts

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host: david from elmira, new york. caller: hi, how are you. thanks for having me on.hink it's a little disturbing to me how we had seen so many people during the 2016 election cycle tell the democratic party that elections have consequences, that when voter turnout happens the people of america decide the election. the denial from the republican party to accept the results of the 2020 election is astonishing. the claims of the trump administration that there have been voter fraud are baseless. every major news outlet is saying the same thing. even fox news, and they are highly biased towards the republican party. cnnould get into msnbc and and how they lean more left, i agree with that. as a democrat, i agree with that. this is a problem when you have a president who claims that it's fake news. host: we are wrapping up here, we will talk about that more in our next segment. any final thoughts on looking at this transition process in 2020? >> -- prof. hult: it's pretty clear that we remain in a polarized environment and that creates all kinds of challenges for the tran