The Elmira Prison Camp in Elmira, New York opened July 6, 1864. The buildings used by the camp had earlier been utilized for the training of Union troops. The prison quickly became overcrowded. With the onset of winter, many Confederate prisoners yet lived in tents. Unaccustomed to the harsh weather, many became ill or died.…
The American Baptist Home Mission Society appoints Rev. H. M. Tupper as a missionary in the South, “leaving the particular field to be determined.” That field turns out to be Raleigh, North Carolina. Tupper and the mission society had earlier discussed the prospects in Raleigh. In so discussing, Tupper made clear his “desire to labor…
The Confederacy continues winding down. This month the one remaining Confederate medical laboratory, located in Columbia, South Carolina, shutters its doors. There is not much left in the largely empty building when the keys are handed over to a Union officer in the city. While the remaining vestiges of Confederate government properties are turned over…