File:The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14760407854).jpg
DescriptionThe photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14760407854).jpg
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' Text Appearing After Image: COPVRIGMT. 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. EVENING ROLI^CALL FOR THE ELMIRA PRISONERS-1864 This pliotofiraph was cherished through half a century by Berry Benson, of the First South Carolina Volun-teer Infantry, ^vho escaped from Elmira by digging a tunnel sixty-six feet long under the tents and stockade.It slunvs the prisoners at evening roll-call for dinner in the winter of 1864. The sergeants in front of theIons line of prisoners are calling the roll. There were both Federal and Confederate sergeants. Elmiraprison contained from the time of its establishment several thousand Confederate prisoners. The barracksin the foreground had been completed only a few days when this picture was made, and up to that timea large number of prisoners had occupied tents. The leaves are gone from the trees, and it is obvious thatthe winter frosts have set in. The tents were unheated. and the inmates suffered severely from the cold.The sentry in the foreground is not paying strict attention to the prison
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