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. he s 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 union s most notorious prison of war camp in elmira, new york. thank you very much, i m very pleased to be here to talk about my latest project. prisoner of war camps in general have been quite a surprise to me. i ve studied the civil war since i was quite young and i knew the length of the tragedy during the civil war. but it was eye-opening 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
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