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Civil War c. 1864 Elmira Stockade Guard COF Plaque

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Civil War c. 1864 Elmira Stockade Guard COF Plaque
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For your bidding pleasure is this Civil War 1864 Elmira Stockade Guard COF Metal. This early original plaque is constructed of solid copper with immense detail. May 1864 the U.S. War Department learned there were vacant barracks in Elmira, N.Y., that had been used as a rendezvous point earlier in the war. Men were sent to encircle the camp with a stockade fence and make it into Elmira Prison. By July about 700 Confederate prisoners were being transferred there from Point Lookout, Md., and other overcrowded Federal prisons, and before the end of August they numbered almost 10,000 enlisted men. Of the 12,122 soldiers imprisoned at Elmira, 2,963 died of sickness, exposure and associated causes. The camp was officially closed on July 5, 1865. All that remains today of Elmira Prison is a well kept Cemetery along the banks of the Chemung River. The measurements of this plaque are 10" x 8" with a 3" depth with the base.