At the Community College in new york. Derek has recently earned fame for his brand new book as part of the emerging civil war series. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome derek maxfield. Thank you very much. Im very pleased to be here and talk about my latest project. You know, elmira is, and prisoner war camps in general, have been a surprise me. Ive studied the civil war since, umm, since i was quite young, and, umm, you know, knew the lengths of the tragedy during the civil war, umm, but it was eyeopening to me the extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those four bloody years. Umm, over 56,000, umm, died, umm, in prisoner of war camps over that time. Just over 500,000 incarcerated in total. And all though we understand, you know, the that this is just a small number of casualties considered the total number of casualties during the civil war, over 750,000 now, we believe, umm when you consider we could have done better both north and south. You consider
My name is Chris Mackowski, editor in chief of emerging civil war. Delighted to have you with us. Our first speaker today is derrick maxfield. Hes an associate professor and batavia new york, hometown of emory upton for those of you who are from spots of india. Derek has recently earned fame for his brand new book as part of the emerging civil war series. It is called hellmira, the unions most notorious prison of war camp in elmira, new york. Thank you very much, im very pleased to be here to talk about my latest project. Prisoner of war camps in general have been quite a surprise to me. Ive studied the civil war since i was quite young and i knew the length of the tragedy during the civil war. But it was eyeopening to me the extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those four bloody years. Over 56,000 died in prisoner of war camps over that time. Just over 500,000 incarcerated in total. Although we understand that this is just a small number of casualties con
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From elmira, new york, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, derek maxfield. Derek thank you very much. Im very pleased to be here and talk about my latest project. Hellmira and prisoner over cams prisoner of war camps in general have been quite a surprise to me. I have studied the civil war since i was quite young and new the length of the tragedy during the civil war. But it was eyeopening to me the extent of the home and italian crisis that unfolded over the course of those for bloody years. The extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those four bloody years. 500,000 incarcerated in total. And, although we understand that this is a small number of casualties considering the total number of casualties during the civil war, over 750,000 now we believe, when we consider that we could have done better. Both north and south. When you consider that this was in our power to make lives for those who were incarcerated better. It is really quite disappointing. And i