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The Friends of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp and Elmira College are partnering to host an inaugural Civil War Symposium on August 4-6, 2023, at Elmira College.
“We hope to see local community members and Civil War history enthusiasts from all over the country as we investigate the unique position Elmira held in one of the most important time periods for our country,” said Martin Chalk, Chemung County Legislature and President and Co-Founder of the Friends of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp.
The multi-day event forwards the Friends’ mission of “protecting and preserving the history of the Civil War in Elmira, Chemung County and surrounding areas, and to educate the public about that history.” It will feature a range of presentations and activities that highlight Elmira’s historic role in the Civil War. Attendees will tour Civil War-related sites in Elmira including the Chemung Valley History Museum, John W. Jones Museum, and barracks #3 at the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp site.
“Elmira College is excited to host the Symposium attendees and help them engage with the local community and our shared rich history,” said Dr, Charles Lindsay, Elmira College President. “Founded in 1855, Elmira College’s early years were in the shadow of the Civil War. Known at the time as the Elmira Female College, students gazed out of windows in Cowles Hall as soldiers marched past on their way to different training sites.”
In addition to the registered portions of the Symposium, the public is invited to an Open House and Book Signing at 1:00 - 4:00 p.m., Sunday, August 6 at the Civil War Prison Camp, Barracks #3, 645 Winsor Avenue. Attendees can tour the barracks, which give a historic view of the facilities first used by the Union Army and later housed Confederate Army prisoners. Author Mary Frailey Calland will be on hand to sign copies of her book, “Our Lesser Angels: A Novel of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp.” The historic fiction tells the story of a North Carolina widow who travels to Elmira to learn the meaning of an engraved ring she found in the pocket of her deceased husband's uniform.
For Symposium attendees, the keynote address will be given at the Hilltop Inn on August 5. It’s named the Dr. Thomas K. Meier Keynote in honor of the late Dr. Meier who was Elmira College President from 1987-2012. Dr. Michael P. Gray, Professor of History at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, will present the keynote. Gray teaches courses on the Civil War, public history, interpreting Civil War sites, U.S. military and history. His first book, “The Business of Captivity: Elmira and its Civil War Prison” (Kent State University Press, 2001), was a finalist for the Seaborg Award, and a chapter of that work, first published in Civil War History, earned “Honorable Mention” for the Eastern National Award. In 2011, he wrote the new introduction to Ovid L. Futch’s classic “History of Andersonville Prison,” and in 2013, “Captivating Captives: An Excursion to Johnson’s Island Prison” in Union Heartland: The Midwestern Home Front During the Civil War. Gray’s latest book is an edited volume entitled “Crossing the Deadlines: Civil War Prisons Reconsidered” (Kent State University Press, 2018). He has won internal and external grants relating to the prisons, including “Civil War Prison Archeology: Team Teaching Public History on Johnson’s Island” (2011) as well as the “National Prisoner of War Grant,” Andersonville, Georgia (2014).
Additional details and registration information is available online via https://www.elmiraprisoncamp.com or Facebook at @ElmiraCivilWar.
The Friends of Elmira Civil War Prison Camp is a non-profit 503c based in Elmira, New York. It is the mission of the Friends of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp to protect and preserve the history of the Civil War in Elmira, Chemung County and surrounding areas and to educate the public about that history.
Founded in 1855, Elmira College is a private, residential, liberal arts college offering 25-plus majors, an honors program, 17 academic societies, and 16 Division III varsity teams. Located in the Southern Finger Lakes Region of New York, Elmira's undergraduate and graduate student population hails from more than 20 states and nine countries. Elmira is a Phi Beta Kappa College and has been ranked a top college, nationally, for student internships. The College is also home to the Center for Mark Twain Studies, one of four historically significant Twain heritage sites in the U.S., which attracts Twain scholars and educators from around the world for research on the famous literary icon. Proud of its history and tradition, the College is committed to the ideals of community service, and intellectual and individual growth.
